従じゅう属ぞく国こく

noun

dependency; vassal state; appanage

A political entity that is subordinate to a more powerful state, often in historical or geopolitical contexts. 'Appanage' is a rarer, more specific historical term.

• その地ち域いきはかつて大たい国こくの従じゅう属ぞく国こくだった。

  That region was once a dependency of a great power.

• 歴れき史し的てきに、多おおくの従じゅう属ぞく国こくが宗そう主しゅ国こくに貢みつぎ物ものを納おさめていた。

  Historically, many vassal states paid tribute to their suzerain.