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cit·y-state

(sĭt′ē-stāt′)
n.
A sovereign state consisting of an independent city and its surrounding territory.
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city-state

n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a state consisting of a sovereign city and its dependencies. Among the most famous are the great independent cities of the ancient world, such as Athens, Sparta, Carthage, Thebes, Corinth, and Rome
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cit′y-state`



n.
a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies.
[1890–95]
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Noun1.city-state - a state consisting of a sovereign city
city state
body politic, country, nation, res publica, commonwealth, state, land - a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
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city-state

[ˈsɪtɪˌsteɪt] N → ciudad-estado f
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Singaporean officials welcomed President Duterte on Thursday, apparently setting aside a ban on the Philippine leader for burning a Singaporean flag when he was mayor of Davao City after the city-state hanged a Filipino maid in 1995.
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The Vatican is a geographical territory, a city-state ceded to the Roman Catholic church as an independent territory by the Lateran Treaty of 1929.
God's voice
The Italian city-state thought of itself as a republic at home, Viroli argues, but as a state in its dealings with its contado and with the outside world.
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The eastern portion was controlled by the Greek city-state of Syracuse, which was in alliance with Rome.
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Between 1750 and 1840, says Aaslestad (history, West Virginia U.), the north German city-state of Hamburg and its environs experienced a fundamental shift in its civic and local identity that would direct the city-state's development through the 19th century.
Place and Politics: Local Identity, Civic Culture, and German Nationalism in North Germany During the Revolutionary Era
VATICAN CITY -- Despite the influx of some 6 million visitors to the Vatican during the papal transition period in April 2005, for two weeks that month the 108-acre city-state was crime free, said Nicola Picardi, promoter of justice for the Tribunal of Vatican City State.
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* city-state: an independent city and its surrounding area.
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Summary: New Delhi [India], Mar 2 (ANI): The Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced candidates for six out of seven Lok Sabha seats, which are at stake in the city-state. The party has fielded Raghav Chadha from South Delhi.
AAP announces 6 candidates for Delhi LS seats, puts up Raghav Chadha from South Delhi

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