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City-state   /sˈɪti-steɪt/   Listen
City-state

noun
1.
A state consisting of a sovereign city.  Synonym: city state.





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"City-state" Quotes from Famous Books



... a fellow citizen whom they trusted. In this way, and in this way alone, the people of Cornwall and of Northumberland could bring their wishes to bear and play their part, together with the people at the centre, in the government of a country many times the size of a city-state of ancient Greece. There had been assemblies before in all ages of history: but this was something different. ...
— Progress and History • Various


Words linked to "City-state" :   commonwealth, country, state, nation, body politic, land, res publica, Carthage


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