Synoecism
//sɪˈniːsɪzəm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The unification of towns, tribes etc. under one capital city or polis.
"They always remained separate states and were never synoikised."
Example
More examples"They always remained separate states and were never synoikised."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek συνοικισμός (sunoikismós), from συνοικίζειν (sunoikízein, “to make live with, to unite under one city”), from σύν (sún, “together”) + οἰκίζειν (oikízein, “to colonise”).
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