protectorate

English

Etymology

protector +‎ -ate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈtɛktəɹɪt/

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• Hyphenation: pro‧tec‧tor‧ate

Noun

protectorate (plural protectorates)

1. Government by a protector; especially, the government of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Oliver Cromwell.
2. The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty.

   Egypt became a British protectorate in 1914.

3. An autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity.

Translations

government by a protector

• Arabic: الحِمَايَة f (al-ḥimāya)
• Bulgarian: регентство (bg) n (regentstvo)
• Catalan: protectorat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: protektorát
• Dutch: protectoraat (nl) n
• Esperanto: protektorato
• Finnish: protektoraatti (fi)
• French: protectorat (fr) m
• Georgian: დამოკიდებული ქვეყანა (damoḳidebuli kveq̇ana), დამოკიდებული სახელმწიფო (damoḳidebuli saxelmc̣ipo), სატელიტი ქვეყანა (saṭeliṭi kveq̇ana), სატელიტური სახელმწიფო (saṭeliṭuri saxelmc̣ipo)
• German: Protektorat (de) n, Schutzgebiet (de) n
• Italian: protettorato (it) m
• Japanese: 保護者による政府
• Khmer: អាណាព្យាបាល (km) (aa naa pyiebaal)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: protektorat n

  Nynorsk: protektorat n

• Portuguese: protetorado m
• Russian: протектора́т (ru) m (protɛktorát)
• Spanish: protectorado (es) m
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: protektorat (sv) n
• Ukrainian: протектора́т m (protektorát)

a protected autonomous state

• Bulgarian: протекторат (bg) m (protektorat)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保護國／保护国 (zh) (bǎohùguó)

• Danish: protektorat (da) n
• Dutch: protectoraat (nl) n
• Finnish: protektoraatti (fi), suojelualue
• French: protectorat (fr) m
• German: Protektorat (de) n, Schutzgebiet (de) n
• Italian: protettorato (it) m
• Japanese: 保護国 (ja) (hogokoku)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: protektorat n

  Nynorsk: protektorat n

• Polish: protektorat (pl) m
• Portuguese: protetorado m
• Russian: протектора́т (ru) m (protɛktorát)
• Spanish: protectorado (es) m
• Swahili: nchi lindwa
• Swedish: protektorat (sv) n
• Ukrainian: протектора́т m (protektorát)

References

• “protectorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.