government-in-exile

noun

An independent polity that claims to be the legitimate government of a country, but is forced to operate from another country.

Meanings

noungovernment-in-exile (plural governments-in-exile)

plural governments-in-exile

  1. geopoliticsAn independent polity that claims to be the legitimate government of a country, but is forced to operate from another country.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 流亡政府
  • 流亡政府 (liúwáng zhèngfǔ)independent polity
Finnish pakolaishallitus
  • pakolaishallitusindependent polity
French gouvernement en exil
  • gouvernement en exilindependent polity
German Exilregierung
  • Exilregierungindependent polity
Indonesian pemerintahan pengasingan
  • pemerintahan pengasinganindependent polity
Japanese 亡命政府
  • 亡命政府 (bōmei seifu)independent polity
Korean 망명정부
  • 망명정부 (mangmyeongjeongbu)independent polity
Malay kerajaan buangan
  • kerajaan buanganindependent polity
Norwegian Bokmål eksilregjering
  • eksilregjeringindependent polity
Russian прави́тельство в изгна́нии
  • прави́тельство в изгна́нии (pravítelʹstvo v izgnánii)independent polity
Swedish exilregering
  • exilregeringindependent polity
Thai รัฐบาลพลัดถิ่น
  • รัฐบาลพลัดถิ่นindependent polity
Ukrainian уряд у вигнанні
  • уряд у вигнанні (urjad u vyhnanni)independent polity
Vietnamese chính phủ lưu vong
  • chính phủ lưu vongindependent polity
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“government-in-exile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/government-in-exile. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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