English Explanatory Dictionary

city state

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sovereign city, as in Ancient Greece, often part of a league of such cities.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

city state city states city-state

Etymology

From city + state, a calque of German Stadtstaat.

Synonyms

polis civitas
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