former sovereign state
C397
concept
A former sovereign state is a political entity that once possessed full independence and international recognition as a nation but has since lost that status through dissolution, merger, annexation, or other political change.
All labels observed (66)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| former state | 268 |
| historical state | 245 |
| historical kingdom | 122 |
| princely state | 119 |
| former monarchy | 84 |
| ecclesiastical principality | 79 |
| former principality | 72 |
| state of the Holy Roman Empire | 72 |
| principality | 68 |
| medieval state | 66 |
| former sovereign state canonical | 60 |
| former kingdom | 51 |
| former political entity | 50 |
| historical empire | 41 |
| historical country | 36 |
| Islamic state | 35 |
| former polity | 28 |
| khanate | 21 |
| former princely state | 12 |
| German state | 10 |
| historical German state | 10 |
| former empire | 9 |
| breakaway state | 8 |
| former socialist state | 8 |
| German principality | 7 |
| Polish state | 6 |
| Caliphate | 4 |
| historical political entities | 4 |
| pre-Columbian state | 4 |
| Afghan state | 3 |
| Bulgarian state | 3 |
| European great power | 3 |
| former federal republic | 3 |
| interwar state | 3 |
| state dissolution | 3 |
| Balkan country | 2 |
| Balkan state | 2 |
| Habsburg territory | 2 |
| former grand duchy | 2 |
| historical sovereign state | 2 |
| Cold War state | 1 |
| Former country | 1 |
| Former state | 1 |
| Historical state | 1 |
| Landgraviate | 1 |
| Yugoslav state | 1 |
| city-state under League of Nations protection | 1 |
| constituent kingdom of Spain | 1 |
| ehemaliger Staat | 1 |
| former Central American state | 1 |
| former government of France | 1 |
| former independent Boer republic | 1 |
| former maritime republic | 1 |
| former monarchy territory | 1 |
| former superpower | 1 |
| historical republic | 1 |
| multi-ethnic polity | 1 |
| povijesna politička jedinica | 1 |
| predecessor state of Germany | 1 |
| predecessor state of Russia | 1 |
| predecessor state of the Ottoman Empire | 1 |
| predecessor state of the Republic of South Africa | 1 |
| predecessor state of the United States of America | 1 |
| semi-autonomous city-state | 1 |
| short-lived communist state | 1 |
| successor state of the Roman Empire | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: former sovereign state
Generated description
A former sovereign state is a political entity that once possessed full independence and international recognition as a nation but has since lost that status through dissolution, merger, annexation, or other political change.
Instances (1,416)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
|
Johanna Grotewohl
surface form:
German Democratic Republic
|
former socialist state |
|
Prince of Eichstätt
surface form:
Kingdom of Bavaria
|
historical state |
| County Palatine of the Rhine | princely state |
| First Empire of Haiti | former empire |
| United Colonies | predecessor state of the United States of America |
| Orange Free State | — |
| Bishopric of Sprockhövel | former state |
| First French Empire | historical empire |
| Free City of Frankfurt | — |
| Kingdom of Mrauk U | historical kingdom |
| Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen | ecclesiastical principality |
| Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg | former principality |
| Nagpur kingdom | princely state |
| Malacca Sultanate | historical state |
| Bishopric of Breckerfeld | former state |
| Kingdom of Thessalonica | former monarchy |
| Margraviate of Antwerp | former state |
| Duchy of Auvergne | former polity |
| Država Slovencev, Hrvatov i Srba | historical state |
| Bishopric of Schwelm | former state |
| Brandenburg-Prussia | German state |
| Johor Sultanate | Islamic state |
| Hotak Empire | historical empire |
| Duchy of Berg | state of the Holy Roman Empire |
| Electorate of Regensburg | ecclesiastical principality |
| Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck | ecclesiastical principality |
| Kingdom of Marwar | former kingdom |
| Duchy of Anhalt | former state |
| Kingdom of Dalmatia | former kingdom |
| Pattani Sultanate | former state |
| Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen | former state |
| Bishopric of Gummersbach | ecclesiastical principality |
| Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg | former state |
|
Somlyó
surface form:
Kingdom of Hungary
|
historical kingdom |
| Kandyan Kingdom | historical kingdom |
| Free Territory of Trieste | — |
| Baroda State | princely state |
| Gupta Empire | historical empire |
| Duchy of Neuburg | state of the Holy Roman Empire |
| County of Gorizia | former state |
| Bishopric of Freising | ecclesiastical principality |
| French Fourth Republic | — |
| Regency Kingdom | Polish state |
| Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe | former principality |
| Hungarian People's Republic | former socialist state |
| Late Scythian kingdom | historical state |
| French Third Republic | — |
| Duchy of Bavaria | former state |
| Pisa | former maritime republic |
| Principality of Reuss Elder Line | former principality |