statehood

English

Etymology

From state +‎ -hood.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪthʊd/

Noun

statehood (countable and uncountable, plural statehoods)

1. The property of being a state.

   Alaska didn't attain statehood until 1959, when it became the 49th state of the United States.

2. The condition of being a country.

Translations

property of being a state

• Czech: státnost f, suverenita f
• Finnish: osavaltioasema, osavaltion asema
• German: Staatlichkeit f
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• Polish: państwowość (pl) f
• Russian: госуда́рственность (ru) f (gosudárstvennostʹ) (of an independent nation)