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。