constituent country
English
Pronunciation
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Noun
constituent country (plural constituent countries)
- An administrative division of the United Kingdom, of which there are three: the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, and the Principality of Wales (Northern Ireland is a province).
- By extension, any country that has the status of being a subdivision of a larger sovereign state.
- The constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, of the Kingdom of Denmark.