successor state

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a new smaller country formed after a larger country has been divided up
（一个较大的国家分裂之后形成的）继承国
Russia, Georgia and Ukraine are three of the successor states to the Soviet Union. 俄罗斯、格鲁吉亚和乌克兰是苏联的三个继承国。 返回 successor state