free state

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Proprialisation of free state.

From free + state, probably a calque of German Freistaat.

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Vrystaat — province of South Africa
• Catalan: Estat Lliure — province of South Africa
• Chinese Mandarin: 自由邦 (Zìyóubāng) — province of South Africa
• Esperanto: Liberŝtato — province of South Africa
• Finnish: Vapaavaltio — province of South Africa
• Sotho: Freistata — province of South Africa
• Swazi: Fuleyistata — province of South Africa
• Tswana: Foreistata — province of South Africa
• Xhosa: iFreyistata — province of South Africa
• Zulu: iFleyistata — province of South Africa
• Afrikaans: vrystaat — political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state
• Chinese Mandarin: 自由國 /自由国 (zìyóuguó) — political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state
• Danish: fristat — political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state
• Dutch: vrijstaat — political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state
• Finnish: vapaavaltio — political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state
• French: état libre — political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state
• German: Freistaat — political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state
• Irish: saorstát — political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state
• Japanese: 自由国 (jiyūkoku) — political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state
• Russian: свобо́дное госуда́рство (svobódnoje gosudárstvo) — political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state
• Finnish: osavaltio — federal state
• Chinese Mandarin: 自由州 (zìyóuzhōu) — states where slaveownership was illegal before the American Civil War