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koinon

koinon noun: an association or federation of distinct city-states with shared political institutions and citizenship.

Noun

koinon (plural koina or koinons)

  1. An association or federation of distinct city-states with shared political institutions and citizenship.
    • Greek koina have their own chronological and local particularities, and in spite of the existence of certain analogies, these cannot be followed absolutely or be considered valid in all cases.1977, Epigraphica: rivista italiana di epigrafia, page 7
    • The Cretan Koinon as it is considered in the preceding chapters was similar in some respects to other Greek koina.1989, Maurice van der Mijnsbrugge, The Cretan Koinon, Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert, page 35

Examples of koinon in a sentence

  • Other decrees relating to koinons give them security from taxes or from being drafted for military service in foreign states.1990, Wesley D. Smith, “Introduction”, in Hippocrates: Pseudepigraphic Writings, E. J. Brill, →ISBN, section “The Speeches and Medical...
  • Apart from these village koinons, there were two large koinons in the Karian history that had a national standing.2007, An Anatolian Civilisation in the Aegean Karia: (Karuwa/Karka/Karkisha/Krk), →ISBN, page 21:
  • While some koinons were formed by a military takeover by a dominant community, most were voluntary associations between geographically contiguous communities.2020, Robert Inman, Daniel L. Rubinfeld, “Cooperative Federalism”, in Democratic Federalism: The Economics, Politics, and Law of Federal...

Forms of koinon

pluralkoina
pluralkoinons

Origin of koinon

From Ancient Greek κοινόν (koinón).

Questions about koinon

What does koinon mean?
Koinon means an association or federation of distinct city-states with shared political institutions and citizenship.
How do you use koinon in a sentence?
Other decrees relating to koinons give them security from taxes or from being drafted for military service in foreign states.
What part of speech is koinon?
Koinon is a noun.
What is the plural of koinon?
The plural of koinon is koina.

Words near koinon in the dictionary

  1. koinobiont
  2. koinobionts
  3. koinobiosis
  4. koinobori
  5. koinomatter
  6. koinon
  7. koinonia
  8. koinonias
  9. koinons
  10. koinophilia
  11. koinophobia

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