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Free city

//fɹiː ˈsɪti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various types of city of Europe from classical to modern times, characterised by relative autonomy and/or being responsible only and directly to a king or emperor; a more modern city of such type, sometimes elsewhere than in Europe. historical

    "1727, Nathaniel Lardner, Credibility of the Gospel History, 1815, The Works of Nathaniel Lardner, D.D., Volume 1, Thomas Hamilton, page 124, Pliny calls ᵉ Tarsus a free city: which is an incontestable proof it was not a Roman colony, for then he would have called it so."

  2. 2
    A special economic zone.

Etymology

From free (adjective) + city (noun).

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