federal state

federal state (plural federal states)

1. A sovereign state that is a federation.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:federal country

   Antonyms: unitary state, confederation

   • How Canadians Govern Themselves, lop.parl.ca:

     The United States of America, Canada, Australia and Switzerland are all federal states. Federalism combines unity with diversity.

   • The Federal State of Austria | Austrian Parliament, parlament.gv.at:

     The Republic of Austria is a Federal State composed of nine autonomous federal provinces.

2. A non-sovereign state that is part of a federation, especially part of Germany or Austria.
   • 2003, Stephen Merrett, Water for Agriculture:

     Ceará is one of the federal states of Brazil and is located in the semi-arid northeast.

   • 2009, Stephan Huber, School Leadership - International Perspectives:

     New South Wales (NSW) is one of the six federal states of Australia.

   • 2020, OECD, Regulatory Governance of the Rail Sector in Mexico:

     In this context, the integration of security committees in the federal states of Mexico with the highest incidence is promoted: Coahuila, Durango, State of Mexico, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Veracruz, ...

   • Federal States of Germany, deutschland.de:

     Since reunification in 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany has had 16 rather than just eleven Länder or federal states, the five new states being Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.

   • The State Governments — Austria, austria.org:

     Administration in the Länder (provinces, or federal states) is the duty of the state governments, the Landesregierungen.

• The German states seem to be much more often referred to as federal states than federated states.^[1][2] The situation with Austrian states is similar; for Austria, the term federal province also sees some use.^[3][4]

• “federal state”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Federal states - ScienceDirect by Walter Rudolf
• German federal states, iamexpat.de
• Wikidata:federated state
• Wikidata:state of Austria
• Wikidata:federated state of Germany