city-state city state • city university · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · city-state · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 10 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a state consisting of a sovereign city. Synonyms: city state. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · city state · · Synonym 1 Characters · · - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 y latin small letter y U+0079