Meaning

2 senses
  1. (endearing, informal, often, uncommon)A very small nation or country; a microstate.

  2. (informal, rare)Synonym of micronation.

Origin

From nation + -ette (“used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something”).

From nation + -ette (“used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something”).

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