statehood
- noun
- /ˈsteɪthʊd/
- The movement for statehood aims to ensure representation and rights for its citizens.
- juridical statehood
- Palestinian statehood
- declaration of statehood
And I think they are coming to the consensus for statehood.
- And I think they are coming to the consensus for statehood.
- There are three statehood, independence OR a pact of free association between two sovereign nations.
- And then the history of post Mongol statehood is the Golden Horde breaking up into smaller units.
- While Stalin it's acknowledged exact dreadful toll, but also was effective as a representative of Russian statehood.
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These two delegates will represent us in the convention for statehood.
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But without a unified polity, the Palestinians' bid for statehood will not be credible.
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Perhaps you can tell the class what statehood means to you.
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I went to Washington, and we won statehood.
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We want statehood because it means the protection of our farms and fences and it means schools for our children and progress for the future!
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The second question asked what Puerto Ricans would prefer: statehood, greater autonomy, or complete independence.
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Some had lost faith in the Oslo-era paradigm of negotiations as the path to statehood.
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Finally, there have been noteworthy developments concerning sovereign statehood in sub-Saharan Africa.
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We need roads to join those cities, dams to store up the waters of the Picketwire, and we need statehood to protect the rights of every man and woman, however humble.
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By announcing an ambitious two-year deadline for statehood, Fayyad reintroduced the timeline that had fallen by the wayside.
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Etymology
Statehood comes from state, meaning 'country' or 'part of a country', plus the ending -hood, meaning 'condition' or 'state of being', as in childhood. So statehood is the 'condition of being a state', for example when a region becomes a recognized state.