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city-state

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cit·y-state (st-stt)
n.
A sovereign state consisting of an independent city and its surrounding territory.
city-state
Noun
Ancient history a state consisting of a sovereign city and its dependencies
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Noun1.city-state - a state consisting of a sovereign city
city state
body politic, country, nation, res publica, commonwealth, state, land - a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"


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They were geological experts sent to investigate the old question of the alleged supply of gold from the rocks round here, upon which (as it was said) the small city-state had so long maintained its credit and been able to negotiate with its neighbours even under the ceaseless bombardment of bigger armies.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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