federal state

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Noun

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federal state (plural federal states)

  1. A sovereign state that is a federation.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:federal country
    Antonyms: unitary state, confederation
    • How Canadians Govern Themselves[1], lop.parl.ca:
      The United States of America, Canada, Australia and Switzerland are all federal states. Federalism combines unity with diversity.
    • The Federal State of Austria | Austrian Parliament, parlament.gv.at[2]:
      The Republic of Austria is a Federal State composed of nine autonomous federal provinces.
  2. A non-sovereign state that is part of a federation, especially part of Germany or Austria.
    • 2003, Stephen Merrett, Water for Agriculture[3]:
      Ceará is one of the federal states of Brazil and is located in the semi-arid northeast.
    • 2009, Stephan Huber, School Leadership - International Perspectives:
      New South Wales (NSW) is one of the six federal states of Australia.
    • 2020, OECD, Regulatory Governance of the Rail Sector in Mexico[4]:
      In this context, the integration of security committees in the federal states of Mexico with the highest incidence is promoted: Coahuila, Durango, State of Mexico, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Veracruz, ...
    • Federal States of Germany, deutschland.de[5]:
      Since reunification in 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany has had 16 rather than just eleven Länder or federal states, the five new states being Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
    • The State Governments — Austria, austria.org[6]:
      Administration in the Länder (provinces, or federal states) is the duty of the state governments, the Landesregierungen.

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  • The German states seem to be much more often referred to as federal states than federated states.[1][2] The situation with Austrian states is similar; for Austria, the term federal province also sees some use.[3][4]

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