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Noun: city-state  'si-tee,steyt or ,si-tee'steyt
  1. A state consisting of a sovereign city
    - city state

Derived forms: city states, city-states

Type of: body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state

Encyclopedia: City-state