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successor state noun
n [C] Definition
a new smaller country formed after a larger country has been divided up
Russia, Georgia and Ukraine are three of the successor states to the Soviet Union.
(Definition of successor state noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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