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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A little state consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country or a locality governed by or under the influence of a toparch.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch.

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  • noun A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch.

Etymologies

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Latin toparchia, from Ancient Greek.

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