Usually means: Independent, sovereign city and surroundings.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word city-state:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. city-state: Merriam-Webster
  2. city-state: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. city-state, city-state: Collins English Dictionary
  4. city-state: Vocabulary.com
  5. City-State, City-state, city-state: Wordnik
  6. city-state: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. city-state: Wiktionary
  8. city-state: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. city-state: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. city-state: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. city-state: Dictionary.com
  12. City-state: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. city-state: FreeDictionary.org
  14. city-state: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. city-state: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. city-state: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of city state [A sovereign city, as in Ancient Greece, often part of a league of such cities.]

Similar:
nation state, citydweller, ethno-state, kinstate, city centre, New York State, free state, Washington DC, Washington D.C., Thessalonica, more...

Opposite:
nation, country

Phrases:
greek city-state, Greek city-state patron gods, more...

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Similar:
nation state, citydweller, ethno-state, kinstate, city centre, New York State, free state, Washington DC, Washington D.C., Thessalonica, more...

Opposite:
nation, country

Phrases:
greek city-state, Greek city-state patron gods, more...



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