(city-state)
1city-state — [ US ˈ.. ˌ., ˌ.. ˈ.] n an independent state that consists of a city and the surrounding country area, especially in the past ▪ the city state of Athens …
2city-state — noun count a city that in the past joined with the area around it to form an independent state …
3city state — ► NOUN ▪ a city and surrounding territory that forms an independent state …
4city-state — [sit′ēstāt΄] n. a state made up of an independent city and the territory directly controlled by it, as in ancient Greece …
5City-state — Monaco Vatican City A city state is …
6city-state — /sit ee stayt /, n. a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies. [1890 95] * * * Political system consisting of an independent city with sovereignty over a fixed surrounding area for which it served as leader of… …
7city state — noun a state consisting of a sovereign city • Syn: ↑city state • Hypernyms: ↑state, ↑nation, ↑country, ↑land, ↑commonwealth, ↑res publica, ↑body …
8city-state — noun a state consisting of a sovereign city • Syn: ↑city state • Hypernyms: ↑state, ↑nation, ↑country, ↑land, ↑commonwealth, ↑res publica, ↑body …
9city-state — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms city state : singular city state plural city states a city that in the past joined with the area around it to form an independent state …
10city-state — noun (C) a city, especially in former times, that forms an independent state with the surrounding country area: the city state of Athens …
