constituent country
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒnˈstɪtjuənt ˌkʌntɹi/
Noun
constituent country (plural constituent countries)
- An administrative division of the United Kingdom, of which there are three: the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, and the Principality of Wales (Northern Ireland is a province).
- By extension, any country that has the status of being a subdivision of a larger sovereign state.
- The constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, of the Kingdom of Denmark.