successor statenoun [ C ]
uk/səkˈses.ə ˌsteɪt/us/səkˈses.ɚ ˌsteɪt/a new smaller country formed after a larger country has been divided up:
Russia, Georgia and Ukraine are three of the successor states to the Soviet Union.
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- Afro
- compatriot
- countrywide
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- homeland
- internation
- land
- mother country
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- nationwide
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- soil
- South Sudan
- state
- state-controlled
- statehood
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- subject
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