释义
[ steyt -hoo d ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsteɪt hʊd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun the status or condition of being a state, especially a state of the U.S.
Origin of statehood An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; state + -hood
Words nearby statehood state-dependent learning, State Duma, State Enrolled Nurse, state flower, state function, statehood , statehooder, statehouse, stateless, statelet, stately
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Example sentences from the Web for statehood Even before the fighting started, Barzani asked his regional parliament to begin work on a referendum on statehood .
PKK Kurdish Terrorists Are Fighting IS Terrorists With U.S. Help | Thomas Seibert| August 16, 2014| DAILY BEAST
More than 10 million Kurds live in Iran and Tehran fears Iraqi Kurdish statehood will encourage unrest among their own Kurds.
Iraqi Kurds Declare Plans For Breakaway State | Jamie Dettmer| July 1, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Since statehood , its vote has gone to a Democratic presidential candidate just once—and that was to Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
Can Dems Ride Pot High to Victory? | Alexandra Gutierrez| May 1, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Every move that might appear to encourage Palestinian statehood , beginning with the prisoner release, improves his position.
How Netanyahu Eased The Pressure Without Giving Much Up | Elisheva Goldberg| July 30, 2013| DAILY BEAST
In June 2009, in a speech at Bar-Ilan University, Netanyahu endorsed Palestinian statehood after a career spent opposing it.
Reading Israel's New U.S. Ambassador | Peter Beinart| July 10, 2013| DAILY BEAST
At that time, 1826, Alabama was in the infancy of statehood , and he a youth of seventeen.
Makers and Romance of Alabama History | B. F. Riley
Its abolition by no means contradicts the fundamental conceptions of Russian statehood .
At the present time the question of Statehood for the youngest of our Territories is being actively debated.
Far over on the western coast, the claims of Washington to statehood were being urged.
Contemporary American History, 1877-1913 | Charles A. Beard
Her eyes were also on the Territory of Oklahoma, where a constitution was being drafted preparatory to statehood .
Susan B. Anthony | Alma Lutz
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