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city state

Noun CEFR B2

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

Equivalents

Españolciudad estado

Françaiscité-État

DeutschStadtstaat

27 more languages

العربيةدولة مدينة

Bosanskigrad-država град-држава

Ελληνικάπόλη πόλη κράτος

Suomikaupunkivaltio

Galegocidade-estado

Hrvatskigrad-država град-држава

Magyarvárosállam

Bahasa Indonesianegara kota

Italianocittà-stato

日本語市国都市国家

ქართულიქალაქ-სახელმწიფო

한국어도시국가 시국

Latinacivitas

Latviešupilsētvalsts

Македонскиград-држава

Bahasa Melayunegara kota

မြန်မာမြို့ပြနိုင်ငံ

Nederlandsburgerij stadstaat

Polskimiasto-państwo

Portuguêscidade-estado

Русскийго́род-госуда́рство

Српскиgrad-država град-држава

Svenskastadsstat

ไทยนครรัฐ

Türkçeşehir devleti

Українськамі́сто-держа́ва

Yorùbáìlú

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

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

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