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unitary state

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A state or country that is governed constitutionally as one single unit, with one constitutionally created legislature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: federal state, federation

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دَوْلَة وَحْدَوِيَّة — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Armenian: ունիտար պետություն (unitar petutʻyun) — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Azerbaijani: unitar dövlət — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Belarusian: унітарная дзяржава (unitarnaja dzjaržava) — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單一制國家 /单一制国家 (dānyīzhì guójiā) — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Czech: unitární stát — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Dutch: eenheidsstaat — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Finnish: yhtenäisvaltio — state that is governed as a single unit
  • French: état unitaire — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Georgian: უნიტარული სახელმწიფო (uniṭaruli saxelmc̣ipo) — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Georgian: უნიტარული ქვეყანა (uniṭaruli kveq̇ana) — state that is governed as a single unit
  • German: Einheitsstaat — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Hindi: एकात्मक राज्य (ekātmak rājya) — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Hungarian: unitárius állam — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Indonesian: negara kesatuan — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Italian: stato unitario — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Japanese: 単一国家 (tan'itsu kokka) — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Macedonian: унитарна држава (unitarna država) — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Malay: negara satuan — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Polish: państwo unitarne — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Portuguese: estado unitário — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Russian: унита́рное госуда́рство (unitárnoje gosudárstvo) — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Slovak: unitárny štát — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Spanish: estado unitario — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Swedish: enhetsstat — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Tajik: давлати унитарӣ (davlat-i unitari) — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Turkish: üniter devlet — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Turkmen: unitar döwlet — state that is governed as a single unit
  • Ukrainian: унітарна держава (unitarna deržava) — state that is governed as a single unit