city-state

C1326
concept

A city-state is an independent, self-governing urban center that exercises political, economic, and cultural control over its surrounding territory.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
free imperial city 41
city-state canonical 33
ancient city-state 29

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: city-state
Generated description
A city-state is an independent, self-governing urban center that exercises political, economic, and cultural control over its surrounding territory.

Instances (118)

Instance Via concept surface
Free Imperial City of Hagenau free imperial city
Free Imperial City of Herborn free imperial city
Free Imperial City of Dillenburg free imperial city
Free Imperial City of Hachenburg free imperial city
Free Imperial City of Braunfels free imperial city
Free Imperial City of Eppstein free imperial city
Free Imperial City of Sonnenberg free imperial city
Free Imperial City of Biedenkopf free imperial city
Free Imperial City of Lahnstein free imperial city
Free Imperial City of Weilburg free imperial city
Free Imperial City of Nassau-Weilburg free imperial city
State of Berlin —
Kition city-kingdom
Kition (Greek: Κίτιον)
surface form: Kition
city-kingdom
Ul'dah —
Lavo Kingdom (historical polity centered here)
surface form: Lavo Kingdom
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Efik city-states —
Vatican City (during curial service)
surface form: Vatican City
sovereign city-state