city-state

cit·y-state

(sĭt′ē-stāt′)

n.

A sovereign state consisting of an independent city and its surrounding territory.

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city-state

n

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a state consisting of a sovereign city and its dependencies. Among the most famous are the great independent cities of the ancient world, such as Athens, Sparta, Carthage, Thebes, Corinth, and Rome

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cit′y-state`

n.

a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies.

[1890–95]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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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Translations

city-state

[ˈsɪtɪˌsteɪt] N → ciudad-estado f

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