city-state
noun
ˈsi-tē-ˌstāt 
also -ˈstāt
: an autonomous state consisting of a city and surrounding territory
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Perhaps surprisingly for a city-state like Singapore, manufacturing contributes about 20% of the country’s GDP.
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Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 23 May 2024
These are the industrial hinterlands of Glendale, a tidy enclave in the rambling city-state that is Los Angeles, and here, among plumbing supply warehouses and an Amazon delivery van lot, sits a squat cinder-block building, an unexpected portal.
—Liz Brown, New York Times, 22 May 2024
In a meeting of the Baltimore City delegation earlier this month, Scott’s office asked legislators to consider a hybrid city-state appointment model, instead.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2024
Dozens of boreholes were drilled into the ground at the site, once a pre-Hispanic city-state, revealing layers of artifacts from various societies.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
Thanks to the conservation measures spearheaded by this enterprising city-state and its dedicated conservationists, the fate of the species is a bit more secure.
—Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Last Thursday, the team drew 2-2 with city-state Singapore, in a major blow to the country’s World Cup 2026 dream.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
Instead, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was grilled on the summit's sidelines about a lucrative and exclusive deal his city-state struck with Swift that prevents the singer from taking her Eras Tour to any other stop in Southeast Asia.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2024
The history of the Florentine Renaissance can also be told in wars—a continual melee of rival families and city-states—and in the books that were used both to support and to undermine civic freedoms.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 23 May 2024
These are the industrial hinterlands of Glendale, a tidy enclave in the rambling city-state that is Los Angeles, and here, among plumbing supply warehouses and an Amazon delivery van lot, sits a squat cinder-block building, an unexpected portal.
—Liz Brown, New York Times, 22 May 2024
In a meeting of the Baltimore City delegation earlier this month, Scott’s office asked legislators to consider a hybrid city-state appointment model, instead.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2024
Dozens of boreholes were drilled into the ground at the site, once a pre-Hispanic city-state, revealing layers of artifacts from various societies.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
Thanks to the conservation measures spearheaded by this enterprising city-state and its dedicated conservationists, the fate of the species is a bit more secure.
—Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Last Thursday, the team drew 2-2 with city-state Singapore, in a major blow to the country’s World Cup 2026 dream.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
Instead, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was grilled on the summit's sidelines about a lucrative and exclusive deal his city-state struck with Swift that prevents the singer from taking her Eras Tour to any other stop in Southeast Asia.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2024
The history of the Florentine Renaissance can also be told in wars—a continual melee of rival families and city-states—and in the books that were used both to support and to undermine civic freedoms.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
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“City-state.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city-state. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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