Etymology
From city + state, a calque of German Stadtstaat.
Noun
city state (plural city states)
- A sovereign city, as in Ancient Greece, often part of a league of such cities.
- Singapore is the world's most populous city state.
- The Vatican City State, a sovereign city state, has a large number of embassies across the world.
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