member state

English

Noun

member state (plural member states)

1. A sovereign state which is a member of some kind of confederation of other such states.

   As of 1st January 2007 the European Union will have 27 member states.

Synonyms

• member country

Translations

state that is a member of a confederation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 成員國／成员国 (zh) (chéngyuánguó), 成员国 (zh) (chéngyuánguó)

• Czech: členský stát m
• Dutch: lidstaat (nl) m
• Finnish: jäsenvaltio (fi)
• French: état membre m
• German: Mitgliedsstaat (de) m, Mitgliedsland (de) n
• Gujarati: સભ્યદેશ (sabhyadeś)
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• Hungarian: tagország (hu), tagállam (hu)
• Italian: stato membro m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: medlemsland n, medlemsstat m

  Nynorsk: medlemsland n, medlemsstat m

• Russian: государство-член (gosudarstvo-člen)
• Spanish: estado miembro m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can