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How to pronounce sovereign in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms crowned head, monarch
Type of head of state, swayer, ruler, chief of state
Has types emperor, king, male monarch, merovingian, rex, shah, shah of iran, tsar, tzar, capetian, carlovingian, carolingian, czar
Type Words
Synonyms autonomous, independent, self-governing


a sovereign state.
Type Words
Synonyms supreme

Examples of sovereign

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People haven't made a distinction between sovereign Europe and corporate Europe.
From the usatoday.com
The Chinese sovereign fund first disclosed a stake in 2009 after the share sale.
From the bloomberg.com
It is only a few months since the high drama of the Greek sovereign debt crisis.
From the online.wsj.com
Investor worries about banks'holdings of sovereign debt are overblown, she says.
From the nzherald.co.nz
In December 2001, Argentina, initiates the largest sovereign default in history.
From the theepochtimes.com
No, those nations are monetarily non-sovereign, so cannot create their currency.
From the curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com
In Stamford, Conn., Ronald Joelson is looking to the next sovereign-debt target.
From the online.wsj.com
Under these conditions, the euro zone could avoid restructuring sovereign debts.
From the economist.com
Conventional wisdom has it that sovereign defaults are always messy and painful.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
  • Autonomous: (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"
  • Greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal"
  • (sovereignty) government free from external control
  • (sovereignty) reign: royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
  • (sovereignty) the authority of a state to govern another state
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