political unit
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- noun
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unidad política
- Increasingly, states favor self-governance of dependent political units such as counties, townships, and municipalities.
- larger political units
- important political units
- small political units
Examples
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The trend toward larger political units.
Academic text (1997) -
Up until the seventeenth century, the European continent was divided into many small political units with vague and porous borders.
Academic text (2010) -
Some goods and services require smaller political units.
Academic text (1998) -
Although a single town may include multiple villages, they are officially part of one political unit.
Academic text (2018) -
Most tribes were quite cohesive social, economic, and political units.
Academic text (1995) -
Pakistan has existed as a political unit since the Indus Valley.
Blog text (25) -
Under the British Mandate, Palestine was separated from Syria and became its own administrative and political unit.
Academic text (2004) -
Nations can form nation-states or enter larger political units such as multinational federations.
Academic text (1999) -
Under the British Mandate, Palestine was separated from Syria and became its own administrative and political unit.
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Although a single town may include multiple villages, they are officially part of one political unit.
Synonyms
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A country or area with its own government and laws
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A country or state that has its own government and laws
A part of an organization that manages specific tasks and services
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'political' (relating to government/public affairs) modifies 'unit' (an individual entity), so a 'political unit' is simply an entity defined by political/administrative status. This modifier+noun structure is cross-linguistically common and should be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Political unit comes from political, meaning about government, and unit, meaning a single part. Picture a map where each colored block is one part with its own rules and leaders, so a political unit is an 'area' or 'group' that 'acts as one' for government, like a country, state, or city.