constituent country (English, noun)
expansion: constituent country (plural constituent countries)
Senses:
glosses: Any country that is a subdivision of a larger sovereign state.
An administrative division of the United Kingdom: one of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
glosses: Any country that is a subdivision of a larger sovereign state.
A land of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, of which there are four: the Netherlands proper (comprising its twelve European provinces and the three BES Islands of the Caribbean Netherlands: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba) and the three Caribbean island countries of Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten.
glosses: A sovereign country as a member of a larger organization.
Forms:
form: constituent countries
tags: plural