sovereignty

English

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Etymology

From Old French soverain, from Vulgar Latin root *superānus (cf. Italian sovrano, Spanish soberano) from Latin super (“above”). Plus the Latinate English suffix -ty. Spelling influenced by folk-etymology association with reign.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɒv.ɹən.ti/, /ˈsɒv.ɹɪn.ti, X-SAMPA: /"sQv.r\@n.ti/, /"sQv.rIn.ti/

Noun

sovereignty (countable and uncountable; plural sovereignties)

1. (of a nation) The state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.
2. (of a ruler) Supreme authority over all things.
3. (of a person) The liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions.

Translations

of a nation: the state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.

• Arabic: سيادة (ar) (siyaada) f
• Catalan: sobirania (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 主權 (cmn), 主权 (cmn) (zhǔquán)

• Czech: svrchovanost (cs) f
• Dutch: soevereiniteit (nl) f
• Finnish: suvereenisuus (fi), suvereniteetti (fi)
• French: souveraineté (fr) f
• Galician: soberanía (gl) f
• German: Souveränität (de) f
• Greek: κυριαρχία (el) (kiriarhia) f
• Hebrew: ריבונות (he) (sovereignty), ריבון (he) (sovereign) m, ריבונית (he) (sovereign) f
• Indonesian: kedaulatan (id)
• Irish: ardcheannas (ga) m, ceannas (ga) m, flaithiúnas (ga) m
• Italian: sovranità (it) f

• Japanese: 主権 (ja) (しゅけん, shuken)
• Korean: 주권 (ko) (jugwon) (主權 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: فه‌رمان ڕه‌وایی

• Macedonian: сувереност (mk) (suvérenost) f, суверенитет (mk) (suverenitét) m
• Navajo: akʼídádéestʼį́į́ʼ
• Polish: suwerenność (pl) f
• Russian: суверенитет (ru) (suverenitét) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: суверенитет (sh) m

  Roman: suverenitet (sh) m

• Spanish: soberanía (es) f
• Swedish: självständighet (sv) c, oavhängighet (sv) c, suveränitet (sv) c
• Turkish: egemenlik (tr), hükümranlık (tr), hâkimiyet (tr)
• Vietnamese: chủ quyền (vi) (主權 (vi))

of ruler or God: supreme authority over all things

• Catalan: sobirania (ca) f
• Finnish: yksinvaltius (fi)
• Galician: soberanía (gl) f
• German: Souveränität (de) f

• Irish: ardcheannas (ga) m, flaitheas (ga) m (religion), flaithiúnas (ga) m (politics)
• Manx: ard-reeriaght (gv) f
• Turkish: mutlak güç (tr)

of self: the liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions

• Catalan: sobirania (ca) f
• Finnish: yksilönvapaus (fi), suvereniteetti (fi)

• German: Souveränität (de) f
• Irish: ceannas (ga) m

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• Catalan: sobirania f
• French: souveraineté f
• Indonesian: kedaulatan
• Interlingua: soveranitate
• Italian: sovranità f

• Spanish: soberanía f
• Portuguese: soberanía f
• Volapük: soverän