Nomen

die Teilrepublik

constituent republic, partial republic

Jugoslawien zerfiel in mehrere Teilrepubliken.

Yugoslavia broke up into several constituent republics.

a constituent republic of sth. to be a constituent republic of sth. Slovakia was a constituent republic of Czechoslovakia.

Gliedstaat, Bundesstaat

From 'Teil' (part) and 'Republik' (republic). It refers to a republic that is a component of a larger federation.

Think of a 'part-republic' within a larger nation, such as the former republics of the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia.

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