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noun
The unification of towns, tribes etc. under one capital city or polis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Ancient Greece
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History
From Ancient Greek συνοικισμός (sunoikismós), from συνοικίζειν (sunoikízein, “to make live with, to unite under one city”), from σύν (sún, “together”) + οἰκίζειν (oikízein, “to colonise”).
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