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PRONUNCIATION OF STATES GENERAL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STATES GENERAL

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States General is a noun.
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WHAT DOES STATES GENERAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

States-General

The word States-General, or Estates-General, may refer to: Currently in use ▪ States General of the Netherlands is the bicameral government of present-day Netherlands. It has evolved from the representative government of the Seventeen Provinces, later of the United Provinces, which was also called states general. ▪ Estates-General on the Situation and Future of the French Language in Quebec, the name of a commission set up by the government of Quebec on June 29, 2000 Historically ▪ Estates General of French Canada ▪ Estates General ▪ Estates-General of 1789 ▪ States-General of the Batavian Republic...

Definition of States General in the English dictionary

The first definition of States General in the dictionary is the bicameral legislature of the Netherlands. Other definition of States General is an assembly of the estates of an entire country in contrast to those of a single province. States General is also Also called: Estates General. the assembly of the estates of all France, last meeting in 1789.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STATES GENERAL

Statehouse
stateless
statelessness
statelet
statelier
stateliest
statelily
stateliness
stately
stately home
statement
statement of claim
statemented
statements of case
Staten Island
stater
stateroom
States
States of the Church
States of the Federation of Malaya

WORDS THAT END LIKE STATES GENERAL

agent-general
attorney general
Auditor General
brigadier general
consulate general
director general
director-general
federal
four-star general
funeral
general
governor general
Governor-General
in general
inspector general
judge advocate general
lieutenant general
major general
mineral
secretary-general
surgeon general

Synonyms and antonyms of States General in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «States General» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STATES GENERAL

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Translator English - Chinese

美国通用
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Estados Generales
570 millions of speakers

English

States General
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अमेरिका जनरल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدول عامة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Генеральные штаты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Estados Gerais
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাজ্য জেনারেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

États généraux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Amerika Syarikat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

General-Staaten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

米国の一般的
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미국 일반
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Negara Umum
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Hoa chung
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாநில பொது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्टेटस जनरल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Devlet Genel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Stati Generali
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zjednoczone ogólne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

генеральні штати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Statele General
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

μελών Γενικά
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Translator English - Afrikaans

State-Generaal
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

States General
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

States Generelt
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STATES GENERAL»

The term «States General» is regularly used and occupies the 97.146 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STATES GENERAL» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STATES GENERAL»

Discover the use of States General in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to States General and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States
United States. General Accounting Office. Preface This volume is the sixty-fourth in a series of annual volumes entitled "Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States," which has been published since the establishment of the ...
United States. General Accounting Office, 1984
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Monarchies, States Generals and Parliaments: The Netherlands ...
A 2001 history of the Netherlands States General in the later fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
H. G. Koenigsberger, 2001
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Dreams of Flight: General Aviation in the United States
A sweeping history of American aviation assesses the technology required to make flight possible and describes the various forms this technology has taken over the first century of flight. (Transportation)
Janet R. Daly Bednarek, Michael H. Bednarek, 2003
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Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States
March, September, and December issues include index digests, and June issue includes cumulative tables and index digest.
‎1980
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Articles of peace & alliance, between ... Charles ii. ... ...
observed on the part of the said States^enerali Of. the United Provinces and their People, It is Concluded and Agreed, as also the said States General by these Presents do agree, and firmly oblige and bind themselves, That all and every one  ...
Treaties, 1667
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Articles touching navigation & commerce, between ... Charles ...
It hath been agreed, That the Execution of what is abovesaid shall be performed in the manner following That She Ship$*fld &i^«e(s<wkft the Merchandise of his Majesties Subjects^ being entred into any P. re of the said States General, and ...
Treaties, 1667
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Digests of Unpublished Decisions of the Comptroller General ...
Transportation United States. General Accounting Office.
United States. General Accounting Office, 1974
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An Historical Account of the Antient Parliaments of France, ...
... have any grounds left to dispute a right acknowledged by the majority. This project succeeded as Philip expected: a sew lords and prelates, and the deputies of Paris, under the name of states-general, took the oaths of submiffion, allegiance, ...
Henri comte de Boulainvilliers, 1739
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Digests of unpublished decisions of the Comptroller General ...
General government matters, appropriations and miscellaneous United States. General Accounting Office. Index-Digest Section. option to purchase property does not qualify for insurance since loans being refinanced were never validly ...
United States. General Accounting Office. Index-Digest Section, 1981
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A Manifesto Containing the Reasons which Have Induced the ...
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United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal, 1702

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