country (territory of a nation) · state, province (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy) · land (real estate or landed property)
köken: From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Compare Dutch, English, and Danish land, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).
state, condition · alternative letter-case form of État
çekim: çoğul états
köken: Inherited from Old French estat, borrowed from Latin status (whence also the past participle été).
aile: dans tous ses états, de son état, en état d'arrestation, en l'état, en tout état de cause, état civil, état d'âme, état de choses, état de fait, état de grâce
a prefecture, office and/or jurisdiction of a prefect · a prefecture, administrative division in various countries over time, including China (empire & PRC), Japan and Morocco
çekim: çoğul prefecturen
köken: Borrowed from Middle French préfecture or Latin praefectura.
prefecture (the district governed by a prefect) · prefecture (the office or position of a prefect) · town hall (a building that houses the local government offices of a town)
Tokyo, Hokkaido, Osaka and Kyoto Prefectures and other prefectures (collectively, as the prefectural (prefecture-level) administrative divisions of Japan)
köken: Sino-Korean word from 都道府縣, orthographic borrowing from Japanese 都道府県(とどうふけん) (todōfuken).
fief, fiefdom · a county, a political subdivision of the Swedish state roughly corresponding to a British county
çekim: çoğul läns · tamlayan läns
köken: From Old Swedish län, from Middle Low German lēn and from late Old Norse lén, whence also Danish len, Norwegian len, Icelandic lén, Faroese len. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laihną "loan, fief".
province (an official regional government unit between the state and the municipalities in Finland) · A translation for a similar administrative unit in another country, especially Sweden (län), Norway (fylke) or Russia (oblast). · A land area or a house in private ownership, especially if it is large.
çekim: çoğul läänit · tamlayan läänin
köken: Borrowed from Late Old Swedish län (“province, fief”).