Meaning

4 senses

  1. (Roman)The social body of the citizens united by law

  2. (Roman)A city and its territory

  3. A community

  4. A state, (chiefly) a city-state

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cīvitās. Doublet of city.

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cīvitās. Doublet of city.

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Forms

plural: civitates
Singularcivitas
Pluralcivitates

irregular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
civilitycivilizationB1civilizecivilizedclackclade
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