FEDERATSIYa (az lotini faederatio — ittifoq, ittihod), davlati federativi, ittifoqi: 1) shakli idorakunii davlatist, ki dar on vohidhoi federali — azoyoni federasiya (masalan, zaminho, shtatho, dar SSSR — respublikahoi ittifoqi) konstitusiya, organhoi qonunbaror, ijroiya va sudii khudro dorand. Ba gayr az in, organi baroi hamai federalho yagonai ittifoqi tashkil gardida, grajdaniyat, vohidi yagonai puli va GAYRA muqarrar meshavad. SSSR, RSChS, ShMA, Hinduston, RFG va gayra federasiyaand. 2) Tashkiloti bayialkhalqi yo milliro guyand. (Masalan, federasiyai baynalkhalqii demokratii zanon, federasiyai sport).