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free city
noun
- a city having an independent government and forming a sovereign state by itself.
free city
noun
- a sovereign or autonomous city; city-state
Word History and Origins
Origin of free city1
Example Sentences
The city began charging for some of its parking spaces, which spurred employees of local businesses to use nearby free city lots, freeing up curb spaces for customers.
Or take Uber or a free city bus to the rental car center at Albuquerque International Sunport airport, where more options are available.
If the Supreme Court reverses the 9th Circuit, its decision could free city officials and their police to remove homeless encampments from sidewalks, parks or other public areas.
Staff, volunteers and neighbors who love Rainier Beach’s Kubota Garden work to maintain the free city landmark as it welcomes more visitors than ever before.
In 1521, in the imperial free city of Worms, the firebrand Augustinian friar Martin Luther stood before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, then the head of and heir to the House of Habsburg, and refused to recant his widely published criticisms of the Catholic Church.
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