ALL meanings of city-state
cit·y-state
C c - 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