Definition of free city in English:

free city

noun

historical

1A city that constitutes an independent state; a city state.
Thessalonica became a free city of the Roman Republic
Example sentencesExamples
- The guilds gained control of the city council in 1396, and in 1475 Cologne became an imperial free city.
- In the Tokugawa Period free cities, such as Sakai, grew in importance and were able to resist attempts to impose trade restrictions on them.
- As a result all the imperial knights and almost all the ecclesiastical princes and free cities lost their sovereign rights.
- A Syrian Greek, he settled in Rhodes, a prosperous free city with already a reputation for philosophy and science.
- In the early 16th century there were 65 imperial cities (free cities) which were not controlled by a prince.
1. 1.1 A semi-autonomous city under the authority of an international body.
  before the war, the free city of Danzig had a mostly German population
  Example sentencesExamples
  The free city option follows in the tradition of Hong Kong and West Berlin where refugees poured in and found safe haven, even prosperity.
  Khrushchev demanded the removal of the Western powers from Berlin, and the creation of an independent free city of West Berlin.
  Once a free city under the Protection of the League of Nations, the Danzig of yore lives on in the novels of Gunter Grass.
  I base this logic of free cities on the Danzig example of 1919 to 1939, in West Prussia.
  Byrnes and Bevin would have none of that either, insisting that the projected "free city" of Trieste must have a frontier with Italy.
  Italy was obliged to cede most of the Istrian peninsula; Trieste became a free city, a status it retained until 1954.
  Danzig was established as a free city under the League of Nations.
  Danzig was made a free city and the district of Bialystok was ceded to Russia.
  For two years Harding ruled with popular acclaim over what became the free city of Trieste.

词汇	free city
释义	Definition of free city in English: free city noun historical 1A city that constitutes an independent state; a city state. Thessalonica became a free city of the Roman Republic Example sentencesExamples The guilds gained control of the city council in 1396, and in 1475 Cologne became an imperial free city. In the Tokugawa Period free cities, such as Sakai, grew in importance and were able to resist attempts to impose trade restrictions on them. As a result all the imperial knights and almost all the ecclesiastical princes and free cities lost their sovereign rights. A Syrian Greek, he settled in Rhodes, a prosperous free city with already a reputation for philosophy and science. In the early 16th century there were 65 imperial cities (free cities) which were not controlled by a prince. 1.1 A semi-autonomous city under the authority of an international body. before the war, the free city of Danzig had a mostly German population Example sentencesExamples The free city option follows in the tradition of Hong Kong and West Berlin where refugees poured in and found safe haven, even prosperity. Khrushchev demanded the removal of the Western powers from Berlin, and the creation of an independent free city of West Berlin. Once a free city under the Protection of the League of Nations, the Danzig of yore lives on in the novels of Gunter Grass. I base this logic of free cities on the Danzig example of 1919 to 1939, in West Prussia. Byrnes and Bevin would have none of that either, insisting that the projected "free city" of Trieste must have a frontier with Italy. Italy was obliged to cede most of the Istrian peninsula; Trieste became a free city, a status it retained until 1954. Danzig was established as a free city under the League of Nations. Danzig was made a free city and the district of Bialystok was ceded to Russia. For two years Harding ruled with popular acclaim over what became the free city of Trieste.
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