statehood

[ steyt-hoo d ]

/ ˈsteɪt hʊd /

the status or condition of being a state, especially a state of the U.S.

Origin of statehood

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; state + -hood

Even before the fighting started, Barzani asked his regional parliament to begin work on a referendum on statehood.

PKK Kurdish Terrorists Are Fighting IS Terrorists With U.S. Help |Thomas Seibert |August 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
More than 10 million Kurds live in Iran and Tehran fears Iraqi Kurdish statehood will encourage unrest among their own Kurds.

Iraqi Kurds Declare Plans For Breakaway State |Jamie Dettmer |July 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Since statehood, its vote has gone to a Democratic presidential candidate just once—and that was to Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.

Can Dems Ride Pot High to Victory? |Alexandra Gutierrez |May 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Every move that might appear to encourage Palestinian statehood, beginning with the prisoner release, improves his position.

How Netanyahu Eased The Pressure Without Giving Much Up |Elisheva Goldberg |July 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

In June 2009, in a speech at Bar-Ilan University, Netanyahu endorsed Palestinian statehood after a career spent opposing it.

Reading Israel's New U.S. Ambassador |Peter Beinart |July 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
At that time, 1826, Alabama was in the infancy of statehood, and he a youth of seventeen.

Makers and Romance of Alabama History |B. F. Riley
Its abolition by no means contradicts the fundamental conceptions of Russian statehood.

The Shield |Various
At the present time the question of Statehood for the youngest of our Territories is being actively debated.

My Native Land |James Cox
Far over on the western coast, the claims of Washington to statehood were being urged.

Contemporary American History, 1877-1913 |Charles A. Beard
Her eyes were also on the Territory of Oklahoma, where a constitution was being drafted preparatory to statehood.

Susan B. Anthony |Alma Lutz