oliestaat

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of olie +‎ staat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoː.liˌstaːt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: olie‧staat

Noun

oliestaat m (plural oliestaten, diminutive oliestaatje n)

  1. an oil state, a petrostate [from early 20th c.]
  2. a state of the United States that is a major producer of oil [from ca. 1920]
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