island state

English

Noun

island state (plural island states)

1. A state consisting of one or more islands

Synonyms

• island country
• island nation

Translations

state consisting of one or more islands

• Afrikaans: eilandnasie
• Albanian: shtet ishullor m
• Armenian: կղզի-պետություն (kġzi-petutʿyun)
• Azerbaijani: ada ölkəsi
• Basque: uharte-estatu
• Catalan: estat insular m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 島嶼國家／岛屿国家 (dǎoyǔ guójiā), 島國／岛国 (zh) (dǎoguó)

• Czech: ostrovní stát m
• Danish: østat
• Dutch: eilandstaat (nl) m
• Esperanto: landinsulo, insula lando
• Estonian: saareriik
• Finnish: saarivaltio (fi)
• French: pays insulaire (fr) m, état insulaire m
• Galician: estado insular
• German: Inselstaat (de) m

  Alemannic German: Inselstaat m

• Greek: νησιωτικό κράτος n (nisiotikó krátos)

  Ancient: please add this translation if you can

• Hungarian: szigetország (hu)
• Icelandic: eyríki (is) n
• Igbo: please add this translation if you can
• Ilocano: pagilian nga isla
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: stato insulare m
• Japanese: 島国 (ja) (しまぐに, shimaguni)
• Kazakh: аралдық ел (araldyq el)
• Korean: 섬나라 (ko) (seomnara), 도국(島國) (doguk)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: dewleta giravî

• Ladin: please add this translation if you can
• Ladino: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: civitas insularis f
• Latvian: salu valts f
• Limburgish: eilandjstaot
• Lithuanian: salų valstybė f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Inselstaat m

• Luxembourgish: inselstaat
• Malay: negara kepulauan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: øystat

  Nynorsk: øystat

• Polish: państwo wyspiarskie n
• Portuguese: estado insular m
• Romanian: țară insulară f
• Russian: островно́е госуда́рство n (ostrovnóje gosudárstvo)
• Scots: island kintra
• Serbo-Croatian: arhipelaška država f, otočna država f, ostrvska država f

  Bosnian: ostrvska država f

  Croatian: otočna država f

  Serbian: ostrvska država f

• Spanish: estado insular m
• Swahili: nchi ya kisiwa class n/n (one island), nchi za visiwa class n/n (more islands)
• Swedish: östat (sv) c, örike (sv) c
• Tatar: утрау-дәүләт (utraw-däwlät)
• Turkish: ada ülkesi (tr)
• Veps: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: đảo quốc (vi)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Võro: please add this translation if you can
• Votic: please add this translation if you can
• Yoruba: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• “island state, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “island state”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.