federal state

plural federal states

1. A sovereign state that is a federation.

   Near-synonyms: federation (usually synonymous); see also Thesaurus:federal country

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   The United States of America, Canada, Australia and Switzerland are all federal states. Federalism combines unity with diversity.

   How Canadians Govern Themselveshttps://web.archive.org/web/20221010154559/https://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliament/senatoreugeneforsey/book/chapter_2-e.html, lop.parl.ca

   The Republic of Austria is a Federal State composed of nine autonomous federal provinces.

   The Federal State of Austria | Austrian Parliament, parlament.gv.athttps://web.archive.org/web/20160407075539/https://www.parlament.gv.at/ENGL/PERK/BOE/

   Synonyms: federation, federal country, federation · Antonyms: unitary state, confederation

2. A nonsovereign state that is part of a federation, especially part of Germany or Austria.

   New South Wales (NSW) is one of the six federal states of Australia.

   2009, Stephan Huber, School Leadership - International Perspectives

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   Ceará is one of the federal states of Brazil and is located in the semi-arid northeast.

   2003, Stephen Merrett, Water for Agriculturehttps://books.google.com/books?id=gQ1vG9UVGx0C&pg=PA33&dq=%22federal+states+of+Brazil%22

   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, ...

   2020, OECD, Regulatory Governance of the Rail Sector in Mexicohttps://books.google.com/books?id=rOLODwAAQBAJ&pg=PA33&dq=%22federal+states+of+Mexico%22

   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.

   Federal States of Germany, deutschland.dehttps://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/politics/germany-europe/federal-states

   Administration in the Länder (provinces, or federal states) is the duty of the state governments, the Landesregierungen.

   The State Governments — Austria, austria.orghttps://www.austria.org/the-state-governments