the way something is with respect to its main attributes | an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal |
a politically organized body of people under a single government | Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine |
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state | originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem |
the territory occupied by a nation | |
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation | |
a state of depression or agitation | |
(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) | |