Anglais modifier

Étymologie modifier

 Composé de nation et de state.

Locution nominale modifier

Singulier Pluriel
nation state
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nation states
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  1. (Politique) État-nation.
    • The Poles had lost their independence as a nation state in 1795, when Tsarist Russia and Prussia had divided and annexed Polish lands. — (Bradley Lightbody, Invasion of Poland, World Wars in-depth, BBC, 8 septembre 2010)