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civitas

/ˈki.wɪˌtɑs/

civitas noun: the social body of the citizens united by law.

Noun

civitas (plural civitates)

  1. (Roman) the social body of the citizens united by law
  2. (Roman) a city and its territory
  3. (pedantic) a community
  4. (pedantic) a state, (chiefly) a city-state

civitas meaning in Malayalam

civitas in Malayalam

രാജ്യം

Forms of civitas

pluralcivitates

Plural of civitas: civitates

Origin of civitas

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cīvitās. Doublet of city.

Questions about civitas

What does civitas mean?
Civitas means the social body of the citizens united by law.
What is civitas in Malayalam?
Civitas in Malayalam is രാജ്യം. See Civitas meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is civitas?
Civitas is a noun.
How do you pronounce civitas?
Civitas is pronounced /ˈki.wɪˌtɑs/.
What is the plural of civitas?
The plural of civitas is civitates.

Words near civitas in the dictionary

  1. civionics
  2. civision
  3. civism
  4. Civitan
  5. Civitans
  6. civitas
  7. civitates
  8. Civitavecchia
  9. civnat
  10. civnats
  11. civs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: civitas (page history and authors); civitas (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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