statelet

American  

[steyt-lit] / ˈsteɪt lɪt /

noun

1. a small state, especially one resulting from the dissolution of a larger state.

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statelet British  

/ ˈsteɪtlɪt /

noun

1. a small state

   the Gaza Strip statelet

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Etymology

Origin of statelet

First recorded in 1850–55; state ( def. ) + -let ( def. )

Example Sentences

The candidate of the dismissed president of the Bosnian Serb statelet Milorad Dodik's party has won a snap vote to replace him, official preliminary results showed late Sunday.

From Barron's

You would become a citizen of the franchised cyber statelet of your choice.

From BBC

Jeffrey Donaldson, who resigned as leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party on Friday, has spent his career defending the political union between Britain and the six-county statelet where he was born 61 years ago.

From New York Times

More than half the population of the breakaway statelet has fled since Azerbaijan launched an offensive last week.

From Reuters

Ethnic Armenian authorities in Karabakh said on Thursday they were dissolving the breakaway statelet they had defended for three decades.

From Reuters