Definition of city-state City-state
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What does city-state mean?
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| city-state - a state consisting of a sovereign city | ||
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| body politic, res publica, commonwealth, nation, country, state, land a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another | ||
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city-state
A sovereign city.
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In history a city-state was a city which was also a small independent country. In modern times there are few city-states which are countries, and the name is often used to mean a city which is also a state in a federal country.
Monaco.
Monaco-Ville and Monte Carlo are districts in Monaco, not separate towns or cities. The city boundary is the same as the country's boundary.
Singapore.
Singapore was independent before becoming part of the federal kingdom of Malaysia. It is now independent again
Vatican City.
The smallest country in the world was created in 1929. It is completely surrounded by the city of Rome, Italy, and is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church.
Germany.
Germany has 16 Bundesländer and three of them are city-states; they are Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen. They do not have a Minister President (prime minister) like the other Bundesländer. Instead their head of government is called a Mayor in English.
Austria.
Vienna is a federal state.
Spain.
Spain has two small territories in north Africa. Spanish law calls them "autonomous communities". They are
United Kingdom.
The British colony of Gibraltar is a city state
Pakistan.
The former Arab (Omani) colony of Gwadar City is a city state
