State Department

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	State Department - the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789" Department of State, DoS, United States Department of State, State executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States Foggy Bottom - United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS - the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas Foreign Service - the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR - an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community
	2.	State Department - a department of government in one of the 50 states government department - a department of government U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

Translations

State Department n (US) → Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores

State Department n (US) → Département m d'État, ministère m des Affaires étrangères

State Department state (US) n → Außenministerium nt

State Department n (US) → Dipartimento di Stato, Ministero degli Esteri