buffer state
nounDefinitions
A nation lying between potentially hostile nations.
- The conflict was finally settled in 1828 with the creation of the buffer state of Uruguay, but the prestige of the emperor had suffered a further blow as a result of this reverse, as it was perceived.
The neighborhood
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