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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

soberania

Pronunciation / Transliteration: soberania

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sovereignty/ˈsɒv.rɪn.ti/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O tratado respeita a soberania de ambos os países."

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As noun
  1. 1

    Supreme power or authority, especially of a state over its own territory.

    "The country claimed full sovereignty over the disputed island."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old French 'souverainete', ultimately rooted in the Late Latin 'superanus', meaning chief or superior. Over centuries, the term evolved from denoting the supreme authority of a monarch to representing the foundational political principle of self-governance and absolute state independence.

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