statelet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of statelet
First recorded in 1850–55; state ( def. ) + -let ( def. )
Example Sentences
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His son Darko and other family members also attended, as well as Serbian Justice Minister Nenad Vujic, and officials from the Bosnian Serb statelet, Republika Srpska, including President Sinisa Karan.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
You would become a citizen of the franchised cyber statelet of your choice.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
Ethnic Armenian authorities in Karabakh said on Thursday they were dissolving the breakaway statelet they had defended for three decades.
From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2023
Croatian forces achieved their military goals in just three days, ousting the rebel Serbs’ unrecognized statelet, the Republic of Serbian Krajina.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
Ladonia is an independent statelet Mr. Vilks declared as part of an art project.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2010
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