They always remained separate states and were never synoikised.
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Synoecism
//sɪˈniːsɪzəm//
Synonyms for "synoecism"
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French
1 entries- synœcisme noun (unification under one capital city)
Italian
1 entries- sinecismo noun (unification under one capital city)
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Legends...current before the villages were synoecised into Athens.
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When the town was first formed...by the synœcism of the neighboring villages.
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