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City state

noun

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

    "Singapore is the world's most populous city state and the only island city-state in the world."

  2. 2
    a state consisting of a sovereign city wordnet

Etymology

From city + state, a calque of German Stadtstaat.

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