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 |
|---|---|
| Eastern Hungarian Kingdom | historical state |
| Toltec state | pre-Columbian state |
| Trucial States | former political entity |
| Archduchy of Austria | former monarchy |
| Kaqchikel Maya kingdom | pre-Columbian state |
| Duchy of Thuringia | German principality |
| Khanate of Khiva | khanate |
| Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Napoleonic) | former state |
| Morbi State | princely state |
| Morvee State | princely state |
| Kingdom of Desmond | former monarchy |
| Tao-Klarjeti | former political entity |
| Deogarh | former polity |
| Chanda | historical kingdom |
| Kokand Khanate | historical state |
| Duchy of Poland | historical state |
| Bishopric of Liège | ecclesiastical principality |
| Sultanate of Lanao | historical kingdom |
| Republic of Ragusa | historical state |
| People’s Republic of Zanzibar | — |
| Free People’s State of Württemberg | former state |
| Cispadane Republic | historical state |
| Duchy of Limburg | state of the Holy Roman Empire |
| Republic of Cuba (1902–1959) | historical country |
| Kingdom of Kartli | historical kingdom |
| Upper Lorraine | former state |
| State of the Teutonic Order | former state |
| County of Arenberg | state of the Holy Roman Empire |
| Rewa State | princely state |
| Datia State | princely state |
| Old Swiss Confederacy | historical state |
| Republic of Baden | German state |
| Margraviate of Meissen | principality |
| French Morocco | former political entity |
| Principality of Nassau-Dietz | principality |
| Emirate of Sicily | historical state |
| Shirvan | former kingdom |
| Hereti | principality |
| State of Vietnam | former state |
| Buyeo | historical state |
| Margraviate of Brandenburg | principality |
| Duchy of Florence | former state |
| Mamluk Sultanate | Islamic state |
| Mongol Ilkhanate | historical state |
| Dewas State Senior | princely state |
| Sailana State | princely state |
| Sitamau State | princely state |
| Jobat State | princely state |
| Greater Armenia | former political entity |
| Later Goguryeo | historical state |