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city state

DEFINITIONS OF: city state

1

n a state consisting of a sovereign city

Synonyms:
city-state
Examples:
Carthage
an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697
Type of:
body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state
a politically organized body of people under a single government
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