European microstates

The European microstates are a handful of very small states on the continent of or its islands. Properly speaking, microstates are internationally recognised, but this term may be confused with "micronations" and other small entities.
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European microstates

  • Type: microstate
  • Description: European sovereign states having very small population or very small land area
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Q1377650
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“European microstates” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: دول أوروبية صغيرة
  • Armenian: Եվրոպայի քաղաք-պետություններ
  • Bengali: ইউরোপীয় ক্ষুদ্র রাষ্ট্রসমূহ
  • Catalan: microestats europeus
  • Catalan: Microestats europeus
  • Chinese: 欧洲微型国家
  • Chinese: 歐洲微型國家
  • Croatian: Europske mikrodržave
  • Dutch: Europese dwergstaten
  • Esperanto: Eŭropaj mikroŝtatoj
  • French: micro-États européens
  • French: Micro-États européens
  • German: Europäische Zwergstaaten
  • Greek: Ευρωπαϊκά μικροκράτη
  • Hungarian: Európai törpeállamok
  • Indonesian: negara mikro Eropa
  • Indonesian: Negara mikro eropa
  • Indonesian: Negara mikro Eropa
  • Interlingua: microstatos europee
  • Interlingua: Microstatos europee
  • Italian: microstati europei
  • Italian: Microstati europei
  • Japanese: ヨーロッパのミニ国家
  • Korean: 유럽의 극소 국가
  • Manx: meegrasteatyn Oarpagh
  • Manx: Meegrasteatyn Oarpagh
  • Persian: کشورک‌های اروپایی
  • Portuguese: microestados europeus
  • Portuguese: Microestados europeus
  • Romanian: microstate europene
  • Romanian: Microstate europene
  • Russian: Карликовые государства Европы
  • Russian: Микрогосударства Европы
  • Spanish: Micro-Estados de Europa
  • Spanish: micro-Estados europeos
  • Spanish: Microestados de Europa
  • Spanish: microestados europeos
  • Swedish: Europeiska mikrostater
  • Swiss German: Europäischi Zwergstaate
  • Tosk Albanian: Europäische Zwergstaaten
  • Turkish: Avrupa’daki mikrodevletler
  • Turkish: Avrupa’Daki Mikrodevletler
  • Venetian: microstati eoropei

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