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city state en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsɪti steɪt/

Etymology

From city + state, a calque of German Stadtstaat.

Meanings

1. A sovereign city, as in Ancient Greece, often part of a league of such cities.
   • Singapore is the world's most populous city state and the only island city-state in the world.
   • The Vatican City State, a sovereign city-state governed by Holy See, has a large number of embassies across the world.

Forms

Synonyms

polis · civitas

Translations (91)

fa دولتشهر (sovereign city) · sh grad-država (sovereign city) · cdo 城市國家 /城市国家 (sovereign city) · el πόλη κράτος (sovereign city) · la cīvitās (sovereign city) · sh гра̑д-др̀жава (sovereign city) · fr cité-État (sovereign city) · cmn 城邦 (sovereign city) · et linnriik (sovereign city) · hi नगर-राज्य (sovereign city) · pl miasto-państwo (sovereign city) · hak 城國 /城国 (sovereign city) · yue 城邦 (sovereign city) · nan-hbl 城邦 (sovereign city) · uk мі́сто-держа́ва (sovereign city) · nan-hbl 市國 /市国 (sovereign city) · vo zifatat (sovereign city) · my မြို့ပြနိုင်ငံ (sovereign city) · lt miestas-valstybė (sovereign city) · cs městský stát (sovereign city) · ms نݢارا کوتا (sovereign city) · yo ìlú (sovereign city) · ta நகர அரசு (sovereign city) · pt cidade-Estado (sovereign city) · nn bystat (sovereign city) · ms negara kota (sovereign city) · yue 都市國家 /都市国家 (sovereign city) · ca ciutat estat (sovereign city) · ru го́род-госуда́рство (sovereign city) · mk град-држава (sovereign city) · gl cidade estado (sovereign city) · vi thành bang (sovereign city) · sv stadsstat (sovereign city) · ro oraş-stat (sovereign city) · nl burgerij (sovereign city) · ar دولة مدينة (sovereign city) · hak 城市國家 /城市国家 (sovereign city) · sw dola-mji (sovereign city) · it città-stato (sovereign city) · nan-hbl 城國 /城国 (sovereign city) · ja 市国 (sovereign city) · cy dinas-wladwriaeth (sovereign city) · de Stadtstaat (sovereign city) · id negara kota (sovereign city) · hak 都市國家 /都市国家 (sovereign city) · hak 市國 /市国 (sovereign city) · he עיר־מדינה (sovereign city) · ko 시국 (sovereign city) · cmn 市國 /市国 (sovereign city) · cmn 城國 /城国 (sovereign city) · yue 市國 /市国 (sovereign city) · nb bystat (sovereign city) · sk mestský štát (sovereign city) · nan-hbl 都市國家 /都市国家 (sovereign city) · hu városállam (sovereign city) · ja 都市国家 (sovereign city) · mn хот улс (sovereign city) · is Borgríki (sovereign city) · th นครรัฐ (sovereign city) · uz shahar davlat (sovereign city) · fi kaupunkivaltio (sovereign city) · yue 城國 /城国 (sovereign city) · nl stadstaat (sovereign city) · tr site devlet (sovereign city) · cmn 都市國家 /都市国家 (sovereign city) · grc πόλις (sovereign city) · cdo 城國 /城国 (sovereign city) · cdo 都市國家 /都市国家 (sovereign city) · yue 城市國家 /城市国家 (sovereign city) · cmn 城市國家 /城市国家 (sovereign city) · el πόλη (sovereign city) · ko 도시국가 (sovereign city) · hak 城邦 (sovereign city) · lv pilsētvalsts (sovereign city) · tr şehir devleti (sovereign city) · pt cidade-estado (sovereign city) · sl mestna država (sovereign city) · es ciudad estado (sovereign city) · sco ceety-state (sovereign city) · kk қала-мемлекет (sovereign city) · la urbs-civitas (sovereign city) · be Горад-дзяржава (sovereign city) · cdo 市國 /市国 (sovereign city) · cdo 城邦 (sovereign city) · eo Urboŝtato (sovereign city) · bn নগররাষ্ট্র (sovereign city) · ka ქალაქ-სახელმწიფო (sovereign city) · nan-hbl 城市國家 /城市国家 (sovereign city) · da bystat (sovereign city) · hy քաղաք-պետություն (sovereign city) · az şəhər-dövlət (sovereign city)