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city_state

city state

See also: city-state

English

Alternative forms

city-state

Noun

city state ‎(plural city states)

A sovereign city, as in Ancient Greece, often part of a league of such cities.

Synonyms

polis (Greek contexts); civitas (uncommon)

Translations

sovereign city

Finnish: kaupunkivaltio (fi)
French: cité-État (fr) f
German: Stadtstaat (de) m
Greek: πόλη (el) f ‎(póli)
Ancient: πόλις f ‎(pólis)
Hungarian: városállam (hu)
Latvian: pilsētvalsts f

Norwegian:

Bokmål: bystat m

Nynorsk: bystat m
Portuguese: cidade-estado (pt) f
Russian: го́род-госуда́рство (ru) m ‎(górod-gosudárstvo)
Spanish: ciudad estado m
Swedish: stadsstat (sv) c
Volapük: zifatat