sovereignty

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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^(key): /ˈsɒv.ɹən.ti/, /ˈsɒv.ɹɪn.ti

Noun

sovereignty (countable and uncountable, plural sovereignties)

1. (of a polity) 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 f (siyaada)
• Catalan: sobirania f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: svrchovanost f
• Dutch: soevereiniteit (nl) f
• Finnish: suvereenisuus, suvereniteetti (fi)
• French: souveraineté (fr) f
• Galician: soberanía (gl) f
• German: Souveränität (de) f
• Greek: κυριαρχία (el) f (kyriarchía)
• Hebrew: ריבונות (sovereignty), ריבון m (sovereign), ריבונית f (sovereign)
• Indonesian: kedaulatan (id)
• Irish: ardcheannas m, ceannas m, flaithiúnas m
• Italian: sovranità f
• Japanese: 主権 (ja) (しゅけん, shuken)

• Korean: 주권 (ko) (jugwon) (主權 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: فه‌رمان ڕه‌وایی

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

  Cyrillic: суверенитет m

  Roman: suverenitet 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)

of ruler or God: supreme authority over all things

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

• Irish: ardcheannas m, flaitheas m (religion), flaithiúnas m (politics)
• Manx: ard-reeriaght f
• Portuguese: autoridade (pt) f, soberania (pt) f
• Turkish: mutlak güç

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

• Catalan: sobirania f
• Finnish: yksilönvapaus, suvereniteetti (fi)
• German: Souveränität (de) f

• Irish: ceannas m
• Portuguese: arbítrio (pt) m

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Translations to be checked

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

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