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Meaning of city state | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A sovereign city, as in Ancient Greece, often part of a league of such cities.

Equivalents

العربية دولة مدينة
Deutsch Stadtstaat
Ελληνικά πόλη πόλη κράτος
Español ciudad estado
Français cité-État
Galego cidade-estado
Magyar városállam
Bahasa Indonesia negara kota
Italiano città-stato
日本語 市国 都市国家
한국어 도시국가 시국
Latina civitas
Latviešu pilsētvalsts
Македонски град-држава
Bahasa Melayu negara kota
မြန်မာဘာသာ မြို့ပြနိုင်ငံ
Nederlands burgerij stadstaat
Português cidade-estado
Svenska stadsstat
ไทย นครรัฐ
Türkçe şehir devleti
Українська мі́сто-держа́ва
Yorùbá ìlú

Examples

“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, has a large number of embassies across the world.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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