自じ治ち都と市しじちとしじ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1nounautonomous city; communeHistorical term for a self-governing city, especially in medieval Europe. Often used in contrast to feudal territories.See also: 自由都市中ちゅう世せいヨーロッパでは、自じ治ち都と市しが商しょう業ぎょうの中ちゅう心しんとして栄さかえた。Break this sentence down in the analyzerIn medieval Europe, autonomous cities flourished as centers of commerce.この地ち域いきはかつて自じ治ち都と市しとして独どく立りつした権けん限げんを持もっていた。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThis region once had independent authority as an autonomous city.