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- [sit-ee steyt]
- /ˈsɪt i steɪt/
- /ˈsɪti steɪt/
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- [sit-ee steyt]
- /ˈsɪt i steɪt/
Definitions of city-state word
- noun city-state 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 3
- noun city-state a state made up of an independent city and the territory directly controlled by it, as in ancient Greece 3
- noun city-state a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies. 1
- noun city-state autonomous city 1
- noun city-state Alternative spelling of city state. 0
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Origin of city-state
First appearance:
before 1890 One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for City-state
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
city-state popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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