宗主国
Traditional form:
宗主國
Pinyin (reading):
zōngzhǔguó
Definitions:
- suzerain state
- mother country (of a colony)
Characters:
- 宗 - ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect
- 主 - to own; to host; master; host; lord
- 国 - country, nation, state; national
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