former country
Nation no longer
A former country is a nation or state that once existed as a sovereign political entity but no longer does—through dissolution, merger, conquest, or restructuring.
The Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Prussia are former countries.
My grandfather was born in a former country that no longer appears on maps.
The term often arises in historical, genealogical, or geopolitical discussions.
- extinctNo longer existing
- dissolvedDispersed into solvent
- defunctNo longer existing
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- fallenHaving dropped down
fallen state · lost empire · empire · USSR · Iron Curtain · East Germany · Yugoslavia · Prussia · Czechoslovakia · Ottoman · Byzantine · old world · collapse · partition · border changes · reunification · independence · annexation
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