連邦(れんぽう)

れんぽう
noun
federation; federal
formalpolitics
1. federation; federal union
A country made up of self-governing states or provinces under a central government, such as the United States, Germany or Russia. Before another noun it means federal.
ドイツは連邦(れんぽう)国家(こっか)だ。
Germany is a federal state.
In the United States, the federal government and the state governments share power.
ソビエト連邦(れんぽう)は1991年(ねん)に解体(かいたい)した。
The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991.

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