city
Other forms: cities
A city is an area in which a large number of people live fairly close together. Cities usually have their own separate governments and systems for maintaining and providing utilities and transportation.
A city is basically a big town — the population is large in relation to the amount of land, since people often live in apartments or multi-family housing. The largest city in the world today is Shanghai, China. You can also call the residents of a city as a whole a city: "The city voted to increase recycling." City comes from the Latin civitatem, "citizenship," or "community of citizens," from the root civis, "citizen."
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a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts“Ancient Troy was a great city”
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synonyms:
metropolis, urban center
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types:
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national capital
the capital city of a nation
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provincial capital
the capital city of a province
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state capital
the capital city of a political subdivision of a country
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municipality
an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
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national capital
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people living in a large densely populated municipality“the city voted for Republicans in 1994”
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synonyms:
metropolis
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type of:
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municipality
people living in a town or city having local self-government
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municipality
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an incorporated administrative district established by state charter“the city raised the tax rate”
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type of:
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administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
a district defined for administrative purposes
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administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
/ˈsɪdi/
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