civitas

Meaning

(Classical-Latin, declension-3) citizenship and its rights; often referring to Roman citizenship.
(Classical-Latin, declension-3) the state, body politic, citizens of a territory (collectively).
(Classical-Latin, declension-3, metonymically) a city and all external territory (thus distinguished from urbs).
(Classical-Latin, declension-3, metonymically) city-states, kingdoms, or tribes, especially under Roman rule.
(Medieval-Latin, declension-3) a city: a major, biblical, or specially incorporated town, particularly cathedral cities.
(Medieval-Latin, declension-3) a borough: a walled settlement, sometimes particularly former Roman towns.
(Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-3) either the Church or Heaven.
(New-Latin, declension-3) State, country.

citzenship

commonwealth

πόλη

κράτος

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkiː.wɪ.taːs]

From earlier ceivitās. By surface analysis, cīvi(s) (“citizen”) + -tās.

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