Cyprus was a British protectorate.
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Protectorate
//pɹəˈtɛktəɹɪt//
Synonyms for "protectorate" (141 found)
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metropolitanatemetropolitanshipnationnationalitynobilitypapacypashadompashalicpatriarchatepatriarchypolispolitypontificalitypontificatepopedompopehoodpopeshippossessionpowerprefectship
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Noun(1 words)
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50 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- الحِمَايَة noun (government by a protector)
Bulgarian
2 entries- протекторат noun (a protected autonomous state)
- регентство noun (government by a protector)
Catalan
1 entries- protectorat noun (government by a protector)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 保护国 noun (government by a protector)
- 保護國 /保护国 noun (a protected autonomous state)
Czech
1 entries- protektorát noun (government by a protector)
Danish
1 entries- protektorat noun (a protected autonomous state)
Dutch
2 entries- protectoraat noun (government by a protector)
- protectoraat noun (a protected autonomous state)
Esperanto
1 entries- protektorato noun (government by a protector)
Finnish
3 entries- protektoraatti noun (government by a protector)
- protektoraatti noun (a protected autonomous state)
- suojelualue noun (a protected autonomous state)
French
2 entries- protectorat noun (government by a protector)
- protectorat noun (a protected autonomous state)
Georgian
4 entries- დამოკიდებული სახელმწიფო noun (government by a protector)
- დამოკიდებული ქვეყანა noun (government by a protector)
- პროტექტორატი noun (government by a protector)
- სატელიტი ქვეყანა noun (government by a protector)
German
4 entries- Protektorat noun (government by a protector)
- Protektorat noun (a protected autonomous state)
- Schutzgebiet noun (government by a protector)
- Schutzgebiet noun (a protected autonomous state)
Indonesian
2 entries- negara lindungan noun (a protected autonomous state)
- protektorat noun (a protected autonomous state)
Italian
2 entries- protettorato noun (government by a protector)
- protettorato noun (a protected autonomous state)
Japanese
2 entries- 保護国 noun (a protected autonomous state)
- 保護者による政府 noun (government by a protector)
Khmer
1 entries- អាណាព្យាបាល noun (government by a protector)
Malay
1 entries- negeri naungan noun (a protected autonomous state)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- protektorat noun (government by a protector)
- protektorat noun (a protected autonomous state)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- protektorat noun (government by a protector)
- protektorat noun (a protected autonomous state)
Polish
2 entries- protektorat noun (government by a protector)
- protektorat noun (a protected autonomous state)
Portuguese
2 entries- protetorado noun (government by a protector)
- protetorado noun (a protected autonomous state)
Russian
2 entries- протектора́т noun (government by a protector)
- протектора́т noun (a protected autonomous state)
Spanish
2 entries- protectorado noun (government by a protector)
- protectorado noun (a protected autonomous state)
Swahili
1 entries- nchi lindwa noun (a protected autonomous state)
Swedish
2 entries- protektorat noun (government by a protector)
- protektorat noun (a protected autonomous state)
Ukrainian
2 entries- протектора́т noun (government by a protector)
- протектора́т noun (a protected autonomous state)
Sample sentences
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The UK established a protectorate over the Solomon Islands in the 1890s.
Source: tatoeba (8904865)
In 1888, Brunei became a British protectorate; independence was achieved in 1984.
Source: tatoeba (8905466)
A sultanate since the 12th century, the Maldives became a British protectorate in 1887.
Source: tatoeba (8906405)
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