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Meanings of federative state in English

Russian
федерация
Portuguese
federalismo
Spanish
federaciones
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federal
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State consisting of a union of partially self-governing states or territories, united by a central (federal) government that exercizes directly on them its sovereign power.

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      федерация
      Usage of federative state in English
      1
      But a federative state is a very brittle nucleus in war.
      On War
      2
      Persia may now be considered not as a monarchy, but a Federative State, all the King's sons being independent Princes.
      A Political Diary, 1828-1830, Volume II