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microstate

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A country that has a very small population and land area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

The specific detailed microscopic configuration of a system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh2-tu-s ~ *sth2-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English microstate From micro- + state.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دُوَيْلَة (duwayla) — a very small country
  • Catalan: microestat — a very small country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 微型國家 /微型国家 (wēixíng guójiā) — a very small country
  • Czech: ministát — a very small country
  • Czech: státeček — a very small country
  • Danish: mikrostat — a very small country
  • Dutch: dwergstaat — a very small country
  • Dutch: ministaat — a very small country
  • Finnish: kääpiövaltio — a very small country
  • Georgian: მიკროსახელმწიფო (miḳrosaxelmc̣ipo) — a very small country
  • Georgian: მიკროქვეყანა (miḳrokveq̇ana) — a very small country
  • German: Zwergstaat — a very small country
  • Japanese: マイクロ (maikuro) — a very small country
  • Polish: mikropaństwo — a very small country
  • Romanian: microstat — a very small country
  • Russian: ка́рликовое госуда́рство (kárlikovoje gosudárstvo) — a very small country
  • Spanish: microestado — a very small country
  • Swedish: mikrostat — a very small country
  • Thai: จุลรัฐ (jun-lá-rát) — a very small country
  • Turkish: mikrodevlet — a very small country
  • Catalan: microestat — microscopic configuration
  • Chinese Mandarin: 微觀狀態 /微观状态 (wēiguān zhuàngtài) — microscopic configuration
  • Czech: mikrostav — microscopic configuration
  • Danish: mikrotilstand — microscopic configuration
  • Dutch: microtoestand — microscopic configuration
  • Finnish: mikro-olosuhteet — microscopic configuration
  • Polish: mikrostan — microscopic configuration
  • Russian: микросостоя́ние (mikrosostojánije) — microscopic configuration
  • Spanish: microestado — microscopic configuration
  • Swedish: mikrotillstånd — microscopic configuration