Synonyms for city-state
- noun
Definitions
- n. 1
A sovereign city, as in Ancient Greece, often part of a league of such cities.
Singapore is the world's most populous city state and the only island city-state in the world.
Related words
- Other spellings
- city state
Forms
- Plural
- city-states → polises, civitates…
Example sentences
- polis Nilópolis is the smallest municipality in Rio de Janeiro State.
By length
- 5 letters
- polis2
- 7 letters
- civitas
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (polis2 = 2 syllables).