Meanings
plural statehoods
- countableuncountableThe property of being a state, an autonomous subdivision of a federal country.
Alaska didn't attain statehood until 1959, when it became the 49th state of the United States.
- countableuncountableThe condition of being a country.
1 more example
Medvedev cited these supposed “Western analysts” in order to propagate Russia’s colonial fantasy: envisioning Ukraine’s territory reduced to just the Kyiv region, while the remainder of Ukraine would be divided among Russia, Poland, Romania, and Hungary. Such a narrative recalls Putin’s February 2022 speech questioning Ukraine’s statehood and accompanies intensifying Russian calls to expand its “special military operation” to realize its imperial map.
2022 August 24, “Russia’s War on Ukraine: Six Months of Lies, Implemented”, in United States Department of State, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2022
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
- Proto-Italic*status
- Latinstatu
- Old Frenchestat
- Middle Englishstat
- Englishstate
- Proto-Indo-European*keyt-
- Proto-Germanic*haiduz
- Englishstatehood
Translations
Catalan condició d'estat
- condició d'estatproperty of being a state
Czech státnost, suverenita
- státnostproperty of being a state
- suverenitaproperty of being a state
Finnish osavaltioasema, osavaltion asema
- osavaltioasemaproperty of being a state
- osavaltion asemaproperty of being a state
- valtion asemaproperty of being a state
German Staatlichkeit
- Staatlichkeitproperty of being a state
Hungarian államiság
- államiságproperty of being a state
Indonesian kehidupan bernegara
- kehidupan bernegaraproperty of being a state
Malay taraf negara
- taraf negaraproperty of being a state
Polish państwowość
- państwowośćproperty of being a state
Portuguese estadualidade
- estadualidadeproperty of being a state
Russian госуда́рственность
- госуда́рственность (gosudárstvennostʹ)property of being a state
Spanish condición de estado, estadidad
- condición de estadoproperty of being a state
- estadidadproperty of being a state
Ukrainian держа́вність
- держа́вність (deržávnistʹ)property of being a state
Cite this entry
statehood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statehood
“statehood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statehood. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “statehood,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statehood.
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