państwo — meaning in English

English meaning

• country noun A nation with its own government and defined territory.
• state noun The particular condition someone or something is in at a given time.
• you pronoun The person or people being spoken or written to.

Senses

państwo is used for these senses in English:

• Mr. and Mrs. a title used for a married couple before the surname or before the name of the husband.
• country The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc. [from 14th c.]
• state (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
• state A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.
• you (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]

country — full definition

1. noun A nation with its own government and defined territory.
2. noun Rural land, as opposed to cities and towns.
3. adj Relating to or typical of rural areas, or of country music.

state — full definition

1. noun The particular condition someone or something is in at a given time.
2. noun A country, or a self-governing political division within a larger country (such as one of the fifty American states).
3. verb To say or write something clearly and directly.

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