statehoodnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsteɪt.hʊd/us/ˈsteɪt.hʊd/the condition of being a country or a part of a large country that has its own government:
The US-Mexican War of 1846–48 was sparked by a dispute over Texas statehood.
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Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
- Afro
- compatriot
- countrywide
- homegrown
- homeland
- internation
- land
- mother country
- motherland
- nation-state
- national
- nationwide
- offshore
- soil
- South Sudan
- state
- state-controlled
- stateless
- subject
- superpower
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