CITY-STATE

Meaning of CITY-STATE in English

ˌcity-ˈstate / $ ˈ.. ˌ., ˌ.. ˈ./ BrE AmE noun [countable]

an independent state that consists of a city and the surrounding country area, especially in the past:

the city-state of Athens

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

CITY-STATE — noun Date: 1847 an autonomous state consisting of a city and surrounding territory
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CITY-STATE — Political system consisting of an independent city with sovereignty over a fixed surrounding area for which it served as leader …
Английский словарь Британика
CITY-STATE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: translation of Greek polis & Latin civitas : a state (as in classical antiquity) in which the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CITY-STATE — /sit"ee stayt'/ , n. a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies. [ 1890-95 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CITY-STATE — sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city and the surrounding area
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CITY-STATE — -ˈstāt noun Date: 1847 : an autonomous state consisting of a city and surrounding territory
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CITY-STATE — Pronunciation: ' si-t ē - ˌ st ā t also - ' st ā t Function: noun Date: 1847 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CITY STATE — ■ noun chiefly historical a city and surrounding territory that forms an independent state.
Concise Oxford English vocab
CITY-STATE — [city-state] n (1893): an autonomous state consisting of a city and surrounding territory
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CITY-STATE — a political system consisting of an independent city having sovereignty over contiguous territory and serving as a centre and leader …
Britannica English vocabulary
CITY-STATE — city-state BrE AmE ˌsɪt i ˈsteɪt AmE \ ˌsɪt̬- ˈ••• ▷ city-state|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CITY STATE — noun (especially in the past) an independent state consisting of a city and the area around it (for example, Athens …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CITY-STATE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As cities and their monetary systems organized further into city-states and then into nations, an …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CITY-STATE — Political system consisting of an independent city with sovereignty over a fixed surrounding area for which it served as leader …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CITY STATE — Synonyms and related words : ally, archduchy, archdukedom, body politic, buffer state, captive nation, chieftaincy, chieftainry, colony, commonweal, commonwealth, country, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CITY-STATE — сущ.; ист. город-государство, полис город-государство; (историческое) тж. полис city-state город-государство ~ ист. полис, город-государство
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CITY-STATE — Город-государство
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CITY STATE — Город-земля
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CITY STATE — Город-государство
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CITY-STATE — n город-государство; ист. тж. полис
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CITY-STATE — сущ.; истор.город-государство, полис
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CITY STATE — (n) город-государство; полис
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CITY-STATE — n город-государство; ист. тж. полис
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CITY-STATE — n город-государство; ист. тж. полис
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CITY STATE — город государство, полис
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CITY STATE — город государство, полис
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CITY-STATE — сущ. ; ист. город-государство, полис
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CITY-STATE — сущ.; ист. город-государство, полис
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CITY-STATE — _n. _ист. полис, город-государство
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CITY-STATE — n. ист. полис, город-государство
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CITY-STATE — город-государство, полис
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
CITY-STATE — город-государство
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
CITY-STATE — _n. _ист. полис, город-государство
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
CITY-STATE — полис
English-Russian Online Dictionary
CITY-STATE — город-государство, полис
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
CITY-STATE — сущ. город-государство; полис, метрополия, состоящая из самого города и прилегающей к нему территории.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
CITY STATE — город-государство.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
CITY-STATE — сущ.; ист. город-государство, полис город-государство; (историческое) тж. полис city-state город-государство ~ ист. полис, город-государство
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STATE — I Political organization of society, or the body politic, or, more narrowly, the institutions of government. The state is distinguished …
Английский словарь Британика
CITY — I Relatively permanent and highly organized centre of population, of greater size or importance than a town or village. The …
Английский словарь Британика
STATE — I. ˈstāt, usu -ād.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English stat, from Old French & Latin; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CITY — I. ˈsid.ē, -itē, -i noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English citie, from Old French cité, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CITY — — cityless , adj. — citylike , adj. /sit"ee/ , n. , pl. cities . 1. a large or important …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CITY — noun a large town. 2. city ·adj of or pertaining to a city. 3. city ·noun the collective body of …
Webster English vocab
STATE — political organization of society, or the body politic, or, more narrowly, the institutions of government. The state is a form …
Britannica English vocabulary
CITY
Britannica English vocabulary
STATE — / steɪt; NAmE / noun , adjective , verb ■ noun CONDITION OF SB / STH 1. [ C ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CITY — / ˈsɪti; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C ] a large and important town : the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STATE — I. state 1 S1 W2 /steɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: estat , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CITY — City, the BrE AmE ( also the ˌCity of ˈLondon ) British English an area in central London where there …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CITY — cit ‧ y S1 W1 /ˈsɪti/ BrE AmE noun ( plural cities ) [countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STATE — n. & v. --n. 1 the existing condition or position of a person or thing (in a bad state of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a large town. b Brit. (strictly) a town created a city by charter and containing …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STATE — n. & v. n. 1 the existing condition or position of a person or thing (in a bad state of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a large town. b Brit. (strictly) a town created a city by charter and containing …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STATE — n. & v. --n. 1. the existing condition or position of a person or thing (in a bad state of …
Oxford English vocab
CITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. a a large town. b Brit. (strictly) a town created a city by charter and containing …
Oxford English vocab
STATE — ( states, stating, stated) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You can …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STATE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CITY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a city boundary ▪ The new housing estates stretch beyond the old city boundaries. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CITY — (LARGE PLACE) [noun] [C] - a place in which there are many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, …
Cambridge English vocab
CITY — (FINANCIAL CENTRE) [noun] [U] - the City the business centre of London where the large financial organizations are, such as …
Cambridge English vocab
STATE — n. Islamic State of Afghanistan State of Brunei Darussalam Gosudarstvennaya Duma State Assembly State of Eritrea State of Israel State …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CITY — n. Kuwait City Quebec City Atlantic City Belize City Carson City Cebu City city government city state Forbidden City garden …
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