City state

Synonyms for "city state" (58 found)

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Closest matches (12)

ally archduchy archdukedombody politicbuffer statecaptive nationchieftaincy chieftainry colony

Noun(3 words)

bremencity republiccity-state

Strong matches (17)

commonweal commonwealth country county domain dominion duchy dukedom earldom empery empirefree citygrand duchykingdom land mandant mandate

Related words (29)

mandated territorymandatee mandatory nation nationality polis polity possession power principality principate protectorate provincepuppet governmentpuppet regimerealm republic satellite seneschalty settlement

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sovereign nationstate sultanate superpower territory toparchia toparchy

Noun(2 words)

polisself governing city

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries

body politiccommonwealth country land nationpolitical unitres publicastate

More specific

3 entries

Athens Rome Venice

Collocations

5 entries

Greek city-stateancient city-statecity-state governmentindependent city-stateself governing city

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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

Source: wiktionary

The Vatican City State, a sovereign city-state, has a large number of embassies across the world.

Source: wiktionary

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