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A '''constituent country''' is a [[country]] that is part of a larger entity. | A '''constituent country''' is a [[country]] that is part of a larger entity.<ref>[http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/96/1122&format=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en Europa.eu (constituent countries of Europe)]</ref> | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
The countries of the [[United Kingdom]], [[Yugoslavia]] and the | The countries of the [[United Kingdom]]<ref>[http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/9/4522836.pdf Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (constituent countries of the United Kingdom)]</ref>, and the former states of [[Yugoslavia]]<ref>[http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=humbul5994 intute - Former Yugoslav collections]</ref> and the [[Soviet Union]]<ref>[http://www.rti.org/50years/page.cfm?objectid=6B822BED-F0B9-8A08-9EE7D0E7D4DD1668&thread=soviet www.rti.org - Governing After the Soviet Breakup]</ref> have been described as constituent countries. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Revision as of 18:37, 6 December 2008
A constituent country is a country that is part of a larger entity.[1]
Examples
The countries of the United Kingdom[2], and the former states of Yugoslavia[3] and the Soviet Union[4] have been described as constituent countries.