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Definition of City state
1. Noun. A state consisting of a sovereign city.
Generic synonyms: Body Politic, Commonwealth, Country, Land, Nation, Res Publica, State
Specialized synonyms: Carthage
Definition of City state
1. Noun. A sovereign city, as in Ancient Greece, often part of a federation of such cities. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of City State
Literary usage of City state
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Municipal Government by Frank Johnson Goodnow (1909)
"CHAPTER IV THE CITY-STATE i THE different positions which the city has ...
In the first place, the city is seen in the form which is called the "city-state. ..."
2. Municipal Government by Frank Johnson Goodnow, Frank Greene Bates (1919)
"In the first place the city is seen in the form which is known as the "city-state."
In the second place it is found as an administrative district of a ..."
3. The Science of Jurisprudence: A Treatise in which the Growth of Positive Law by Hannis Taylor (1908)
"An examination of the internal organization of such a community reveals the fact
that the city-state is a composite whole, which has arisen out of the ..."
4. The City School District: Statutory Provisions for Organization and Fiscal by Harry Erwin Bard (1909)
"In early Greek and Roman periods a type of city known as the City-State was ...
The old City- State exercised not only such functions as are now usually ..."
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