# city
## English
### Alternative forms

* citie, cittie, cyte, cytee (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle English cite, from Old French cite, from Late Latin cīvitātem (“city”), in Classical Latin "citizenry", derived from cīvis (“fellow-citizen”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“lie down; settle”). Cognate with Old English hīwan pl (“members of one's household, servants”). See hewe. Doublet of civitas. Mostly displaced native Old English burg, whence Modern English borough.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɪti/
** (Received Pronunciation) IPA: [ˈsɪtʰiː]
** Audio (UK):(file)
** (Northern England, Conservative RP) IPA: /sɪtɪ/
** (US, General Australian) IPA: /ˈsɪti/, [ˈsɪɾi]
** Audio (US):(file)
** Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Hyphenation: ci‧ty
* Rhymes: -ɪti

### Noun

city (plural cities)
* A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
    São Paulo is the largest city in South America.
** c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 147, column 2:Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?
** 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
** 2013 September 7, “The multiplexed metropolis”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8852:But clever cities will not necessarily be better ones.
** 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
** 2020 July 15, Mike Brown talks to Paul Clifton, “Leading London's "hidden heroes"”, in Rail, page 42:All our stations have changed. We have to constrain numbers. We have to mandate face coverings. These are massive changes in what is a public transport city. This is not a car city.
* (UK) A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.
** 1976, Cornelius P. Darcy, The Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Lancashire, 1760-1860, Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 20:Manchester, incorporated in 1838, was made the centre of a bishopric in 1847 and became a city in 1853. Liverpool was transformed into a city by Royal Charter when the new diocese of Liverpool was created in 1880.
** 2014, Graham Rutt, Cycling Britain's Cathedrals Volume 1, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 307:St Davids itself is the smallest city in Great Britain, with a population of less than 2,000.
* (Australia) The central business district; downtown.
    I'm going into the city today to do some shopping.
* (slang) A large amount of something (used after the noun).
    It’s video game city in here!

#### Hypernyms

* settlement

#### Hyponyms

* 15-minute city
* agrocity
* agropolis
* capital
* capital city
* cathedral city
* city on a hill
* city upon a hill
* closed city
* garden city
* global city
* Hanseatic city
* host city
* megacity
* metropolis
* metropolitan city
* open city
* prefecture-level city
* province-level city
* sister city
* state-level city
* twin city

#### Derived terms

* 15-minute city
* agrocity
* alpha city
* Angel City
* Angeles City
* anticity
* beta city
* capital city
* caravan city
* cardboard city
* cathedral city
* Cavite City
* central city
* Chocolate City
* chocolate city
* cidiot
* citaye
* citied
* citification
* citify
* citizen
* city administrator
* city and county
* city banker
* city block
* citybound
* city boy
* city break
* city-builder
* city-building game
* city bus
* citybus
* city center
* city centre
* citycentric
* city chicken
* city clerk
* city council
* city desk
* city district
* city dweller
* city-dweller
* city father
* cityful
* city gent
* city girl
* city hall
* cityhood
* cityish
* cityite
* cityless
* city lights
* citylike
* city limit(s)
* city line
* city man
* cityman
* city manager
* city map
* citymate
* city mouse
* cityness
* City of Los Angeles
* city of refuge
* city of seven hills
* city on a hill
* city planning
* city pop
* city proper
* city room
* cityscape
* cityship
* cityside
* city sim
* city simulator
* city slicker
* city-state
* city state
* city symphony
* city technology college
* City Terrace
* city titty
* city upon a hill
* city wall
* cityward
* citywards
* city water
* citywear
* citywide
* closed city
* control city
* core city
* cosmological city
* Cotabato City
* countercity
* county-level city
* cross-city
* cybercity
* donut city
* doughnut city
* ecocity
* eco-city
* edge city
* fat city
* federal city
* first city
* free city
* freedom of the city
* free imperial city
* free of the city
* gamma city
* garden city
* GeoCity
* gigabit city
* gigacity
* Hanseatic city
* hero city
* hidden city
* holy city
* host city
* independent city
* inner city, inner-city
* intercity
* intracity
* Isabela City
* Jade City
* key to the city
* Koto City
* Lapu-Lapu City
* London City
* megacity
* metropolitan city
* Mexico City policy
* microcity
* million city
* minicity
* monocity
* mother city
* noncity
* Oaxaca City
* Ohio City
* open city
* port city
* prefecture-level city
* principal city
* province-level city
* pseudo-city code
* radio city
* Radio City
* Rose City
* Roxas City
* sanctuary city
* satellite city
* second city
* sister city
* smart city
* sponge city
* star-city
* star city
* state-level city
* subcity
* supercity
* Surigao City
* Swea City
* the city
* the city of a thousand windows
* Tricity
* twin city
* uncity
* undercity
* Adams City
* Alabama City
* Aladdin City
* Alberta City
* Alexander City
* Amador City
* Amelia City
* Archer City
* Arkansas City
* Ashland City
* Atlantic City
* Bay City
* Beaver City
* Belize City
* Bibb City
* Big Bear City
* Bluff City
* Boise City
* Border City
* Bow City
* Bradshaw City
* Brandy City
* Branson City
* Brigham City
* Buffalo City
* Bullhead City
* Butte City
* Cactus City
* California City
* Cañon City
* Canyon City
* Capitol City
* Cascade City
* Cathedral City
* Cave City
* Celestial City
* Center City
* Central City
* Charles City
* Cherokee City
* Circle City
* City of Industry
* Clair-Mel City
* Clay City
* Coal City
* Cole City
* Coleman City
* College City
* Colorado City
* Columbia City
* Commerce City
* Connected City
* Contention City
* Cooper City
* Copper City
* Crescent City
* Cross City
* Crystal City
* Culver City
* Dade City
* Dain City
* Dakota City
* Dallas City
* Daly City
* Date City
* David City
* Dawson City
* Deem City
* Delaware City
* Diamond City
* Dickerson City
* Dodge City
* Dominion City
* Douglas City
* Duke City
* Duncan City
* Elk City
* Ellicott City
* Emory City
* Everglades City
* Farmer City
* Floral City
* Florida City
* Forbidden City
* Ford City
* Forest City
* Forrest City
* Foster City
* Frisco City
* Frog City
* Garden City
* Gary City
* Gibson City
* GIFT City
* Gila City
* Gin City
* Granite City
* Grove City
* Haines City
* Hall City
* Haltom City
* Hamilton City
* Harbor City
* Harris City
* Hartford City
* Highland City
* Highway City
* Hill City
* Hobson City
* Holy City
* Holy Cross City
* Huachuca City
* Ice City
* Iloilo City
* Intercession City
* Iowa City
* Iretaba City
* Iron City
* Ivy City
* Jacob City
* Jaeger City
* Jefferson City
* Jersey City
* Jewett City
* Johnson City
* Joseph City
* Junction City
* Kansas City
* Kaw City
* Kenneth City
* Kerr City
* Kettleman City
* King City
* Knox City
* Labrador City
* Lagoon City
* Lake City
* Lake Havasu City
* Lardeau City
* Leisure City
* Lincoln City
* Little Lake City
* Long Island City
* Lost City
* Loup City
* Lumber City
* Luxembourg City
* Marin City
* Mexico City
* Midland City
* Midway City
* Miles City
* Minto City
* Mission City
* Missouri City
* Mojave City
* Mokelumne City
* Mono City
* Montgomery City
* Morgan City
* Motor City
* Mound City
* Mountain City
* Moyie City
* Muck City
* Myakka City
* National City
* Nebraska City
* Ness City
* Nevada City
* New York City
* Nitrate City
* Ocean City
* Ohio City
* Oklahoma City
* Olive City
* Omineca City
* Orange City
* Orchard City
* Oregon City
* Oro City
* Osage City
* Palm City
* Panama City
* Panamint City
* Panorama City
* Pawnee City
* Peachtree City
* Pebble City
* Pecan City
* Pell City
* Phenix City
* Pinal City
* Pincher City
* Pine City
* Plant City
* Plaster City
* Polk City
* Ponca City
* Poudre City
* Quebec City
* Queen City
* Quezon City
* Rainbow City
* Raisin City
* Rapid City
* Ray City
* Redwood City
* Reece City
* Reed City
* Rio Grande City
* Rockwell City
* Rogers City
* Sac City
* Sale City
* Salt Lake City
* Salton City
* Sampson City
* Sand City
* San Joaquin City
* Sardis City
* Scant City
* Scott City
* Shake City
* Sierra City
* Silver City
* Similkameen City
* Sioux City
* Slab City
* Spar City
* Sparkle City
* Spicer City
* Star City
* Stirling City
* St. James City
* Strong City
* Studio City
* Sugar City
* Suisun City
* Sulphur City
* Sun City
* Surf City
* Tahoe City
* Tarlac City
* Tate City
* Tawas City
* Telegraph City
* Tell City
* Temple City
* Texas City
* Tin City
* Tipp City
* Traverse City
* Tuba City
* Tunnel City
* Twin City
* Union City
* University City
* Uranium City
* Valley City
* Vatican City
* Villa City
* Volcanic City
* Vulture City
* Webster City
* West Valley City
* White City
* Wolfe City
* Yazoo City
* Y City
* Yuba City
* Zama City
* Zamboanga City
* Zip City
English terms starting with “city”

#### Related terms

* civic
* civil

#### Descendants

* → French: City
* → German: City
* → Italian: city
* → Swedish: city
* → Russian: си́ти (síti)

#### Translations

Abkhaz: ақалақь (akalakʲ)
Afrikaans: stad (af)
Ahom: 𑜋𑜦𑜧 (chē)
Akkadian: 𒌷 (âlu)
Albanian: qytet (sq)
Ambonese Malay: kota
Amharic: ከተማ (am) (kätäma)
Arabic: مَدِينَة (ar) f (madīna), بَلَد (ar) m (balad)
Egyptian Arabic: بَلَد (balad)
Gulf Arabic: مَدينَة f (mədina)
Moroccan Arabic: مدِينَة (mdīna)
Aragonese: ziudá f
Aramaic:
Hebrew: מְדִינְתָּא f (məḏīntā), כַּרְכָּא m (karkā)
Syriac: ܡܕܼܝܼܢܬܿܵܐ f (məḏīttā), ܟܿܲܪܟܿܵܐ m (karkā)
Argobba: ኸተም (xatame)
Armenian: քաղաք (hy) (kʻaġakʻ)
Aromanian: cãsãbã (roa-rup) f
Assamese: নগৰ (nogor), চহৰ (sohor)
Asturian: ciudá (ast) f
Avar: шагьар (šahar)
Azerbaijani: şəhər (az)
Bashkir: ҡала (qala)
Basque: hiri (eu)
Belarusian: го́рад m (hórad), ме́ста n (mjésta)
Bengali: শহর (bn) (śohor), নগর (bn) (nogor)
Bhojpuri: शहर (śahar)
Breton: keoded f, keodedoù pl, kêr (br) f, kêrioù (br) pl
Bulgarian: град (bg) m (grad)
Burmese: မြို့ (my) (mrui.)
Buryat: хото (xoto)
Carpathian Rusyn: мі́сто n (místo)
Catalan: ciutat (ca) f
Cebuano: dakbayan, siyudad
Chamicuro: chi'nashtalichi
Chechen: гӏала (ğala)
Chichewa: mzinda
Chinese:
Cantonese: 城市 (sing$^4$ si$^5$)
Dungan: чыншы (čɨnšɨ), чын (čɨn), шы (šɨ), чынпу (čɨnpu)
Eastern Min: 城市 (siàng-chê)
Hakka: 城市 (sàng-sṳ)
Hokkien: 城市 (zh-min-nan) (siâⁿ-chhī / siâⁿ-chhǐ), 都市 (zh-min-nan) (to·-chhī)
Mandarin: 城市 (zh) (chéngshì), 都市 (zh) (dūshì), 城 (zh) (chéng), 市 (zh) (shì)
Wu: 城市
Chuvash: хула (hula)
Coptic: ⲃⲁⲕⲓ (baki)
Cornish: cita
Corsican: cità
Crimean Tatar: şeer
Czech: město (cs) n, velkoměsto (cs) n
Dalmatian: cituot f
Danish: by (da) c
Dhivehi: ޝަހަރު (šaharu)
Dongxiang: baza
Dutch: stad (nl) f
East Central German: Stoadt (Silesian)
Eastern Mari: ола (ola)
Egyptian: (nwt f)
Erzya: ош (oš)
Esperanto: urbo (eo), civito (eo)
Estonian: linn (et)
Extremaduran: ciá f, cidá f
Faroese: býur (fo) m
Finnish: kaupunki (fi)
French: ville (fr) f, cité (fr) f, grande-ville f
Old French: cité f
Friulian: citât f
Galician: cidade (gl) f
Gallurese: cittai f, zittai f
Ge'ez: ሀገር f (hägär)
Georgian: დიდი (didi) ქალაქი (ka) (kalaki)
German: Stadt (de) f, Großstadt (de) f
Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 f (baurgs)
Greek: πόλη (el) f (póli)
Ancient: πόλις f (pólis), ἄστυ n (ástu)
Guaraní: táva (gn)
Gujarati: શહેર (gu) (śaher), નગર (gu) (nagar)
Haitian Creole: vil
Hausa: birni (ha)
Hawaiian: kūlanakauhale
Hebrew: עִיר (he) f (ir)
Hiligaynon: dakbanwa
Hindi: शहर (hi) m (śahar), नगर (hi) m (nagar)
Hungarian: város (hu)
Hunsrik: xtat
Icelandic: borg (is) f
Ido: urbo (io), civito (io)
Indonesian: kota (id)
Interlingua: citate
Irish: cathair (ga) f, baile mór m
Istriot: sità f
Italian: città (it) f
Japanese: 都市 (ja) (とし, toshi), 都会 (ja) (とかい, tokai), 町 (ja) (まち, machi) (e.g. 町で - "in the city"), 市 (ja) (し, shi) (compound)
Javanese: kutha
Kabardian: къалэ (kbd) (qalɛ)
Kalmyk: балһсн (balğsn)
Kannada: ನಗರ (kn) (nagara)
Kapampangan: lakanbalen
Karachay-Balkar: шахар (şaxar)
Karelian: linna
Kashubian: miasto n
Kazakh: қала (kk) (qala), шаһар (şahar) (literary)
Khakas: саар (saar), город (gorod)
Khmer: ទីក្រុង (tii krong), បុរី (km) (borəy), នគរ (km) (nɔkɔɔ)
Komi-Permyak: кар (kar)
Komi-Zyrian: кар (kar)
Konkani: xar
Korean: 도시(都市) (ko) (dosi), 시내(市內) (ko) (sinae), 시(市) (ko) (si) (compound)
Kumyk: шагьар (şahar)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: شار (ckb) (şar)
Northern Kurdish: bajar (ku) m, şar (ku) m
Kusunda: səhər
Kyrgyz: шаар (ky) (şaar), калаа (ky) (kalaa), кен (ky) (ken)
Ladin: zità f
Lao: ຊຽງ (sīang), ທານີ (thā nī), ເມືອງ (lo) (mư̄ang), ນະຄອນ (na khǭn)
Latin: urbs (la) f, civitas (la) f
Latvian: pilsēta (lv) f (or lielpilsēta f if the distinction between city and town is important)
Leonese: ciudá f
Ligurian: çitæ, çittæ
Lithuanian: miestas (lt) m
Lü: ᦵᦙᦲᧂ (moeng), ᨾᩮᩥ᩠ᨦ, ᦵᦞᦇ (veng), ᦵᦋᧂ (tseng)
Luxembourgish: Stad (lb)
Macedonian: град (mk) m (grad)
Malagasy: monina (mg), tanambe (mg)
Malay: bandar raya (ms), kota (ms), bandar (ms)
Malayalam: നഗരം (ml) (nagaraṁ)
Maltese: belt (mt) f
Manchu: ᡥᠣᡨᠣᠨ (hoton), ᡥᡝᠴᡝᠨ (hecen)
Manx: ard-valley m, caayr f
Maori: tāone (mi), tāone nui
Marathi: शहर (mr) (śahar), नगर (nagar)
Maricopa: vakpaly
Mehri: رحبيت
Middle English: cite
Moksha: ош (oš)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хот (mn) (xot)
Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠲᠠ (qota)
Nahuatl: altepetl (nah)
Navajo: kin nitsaago dah naazhjaaʼígíí, kin haalʼá
Nepali: सहर (ne) (sahar)
North Frisian: (Föhr-Amrum) steed n
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: by (no) m
Nynorsk: by m
Nubian:
Nobiin: diffi (ⲇⲓⲫⲫⲓ, ديفي)
Old Nubian: ⲇⲡ̅ⲡ (dp̅p)
Nuosu: ꇓꈓ (lur kur)
Occitan: ciutat (oc) f
Odia: ନଗର (or) (nagara), ମହାନଗର (mahānagara), ସହର (sahara)
Ojibwe: gichi-oodena
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: градъ m (gradŭ), мѣсто n (město)
Old East Slavic: градъ m (gradŭ), мѣсто n (město), городъ m (gorodŭ)
Old English: burg f
Old Galician-Portuguese: cidade f
Old Norse: borg f, staðr m
Oromo: magaalaa
Ossetian: сахар (saxar), горӕт (goræt)
Ottoman Turkish: كنت (kent), شهر (şehir)
Pali: nagara n
Pannonian Rusyn: варош m (varoš), город m (horod)
Papiamentu: siudat
Pashto: ښار (ps) m (ẍâr)
Pela: mjuʔ⁵⁵
Pennsylvania German: Schtadt, Schtedt
Persian:
Classical Persian: شَهْر (šahr)
Dari: شَهْر (šahr)
Iranian Persian: شَهْر (šahr)
Phoenician: 𐤀𐤄𐤋 (ʾhl)
Piedmontese: sità f
Plautdietsch: Grootstaut f, Staut f
Polabian: vaikă f
Polish: miasto (pl) n
Pontic Greek: πολιτεία f (politeía)
Portuguese: cidade (pt) f, urbe (pt) f
Punjabi: ਸ਼ਹਿਰ (pa) (śahir)
Quechua: llaqta (qu)
Romagnol: zitê f
Romanian: oraș (ro) n, cetate (ro) f, urbe (ro) f
Romansch: citad f
Russian: го́род (ru) m (górod), град (ru) m (grad) (archaic or poetic)
Sanskrit: नगर (sa) n (nagara)
Sassarese: ziddai f
Saterland Frisian: Stääd f
Scots: ceity, ceety
Scottish Gaelic: baile mòr m, dùn m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гра̑д m
Roman: grȃd (sh) m
Shor: тура (tura)
Sicilian: cità (scn) f, citati (scn)
Silesian: miasto n
Sinhalese: නගරය (si) (nagaraya)
Skolt Sami: gåårad, lâ´nn
Slovak: mesto (sk) n
Slovene: mésto (sl) n
Somali: magaalo (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: město n
Upper Sorbian: město (hsb) n
Southern Altai: кала (kala)
Spanish: ciudad (es) f, urbe (es) f
Sranan Tongo: foto
Sumerian: 𒌷 (URU)
Swahili: mji (sw)
Swedish: stad (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠘꠉꠞ (nogor)
Tagalog: lungsod (tl), syudad
Tajik: шаҳр (tg) (šahr)
Talysh: şəhr
Tamil: நகரம் (ta) (nakaram)
Taos: plòsoʼóna
Tarifit: tamdint f, tandint f
Tatar: шәһәр (tt) (şähär), кала (tt) (qala)
Tausug: daira
Telugu: నగరం (te) (nagaraṁ)
Tetum: sidade
Thai: เมือง (th) (mʉʉang), นคร (th) (ná-kɔɔn), กรุง (th) (grung), เชียง (th) (chiiang)
Tibetan: གྲོང་ཁྱེར (grong khyer), རྒྱལ་ས (rgyal sa)
Tigrinya: ከተማ (kätäma)
Tocharian B: rīye
Turkish: kent (tr), şehir (tr)
Turkmen: şäher
Tuvan: хоорай (xooray)
Udmurt: кар (kar)
Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎗 (ʿr)
Ukrainian: мі́сто (uk) n (místo), град (uk) m (hrad) (archaic or poetic)
Urdu: شَہَر m (śahar), نَگَر m (nagar)
Uyghur: شەھەر (sheher)
Uzbek: shahar (uz)
Venetan: sità (vec) f, çità f
Vietnamese: thành phố (vi) (城埔), thành (vi) (城), phố (vi), đô thị (vi) (都市)
Volapük: zif (vo)
Võro: liin
Walloon: veye (wa)
Welsh: caer (cy) f, dinas (cy) f
West Frisian: stêd (fy) c
Western Panjabi: شہر (pnb) (śhr), نگر (pnb) (ngr)
Wolof: dëkk (wo)
Xhosa: idolophu
Yagnobi: шаҳр (šahr)
Yakut: куорат (kuorat)
Yiddish: שטאָט f (shtot)
Yoruba: ìlú
Yup'ik: nunarpak
Zazaki: bajar (diq), suk (diq) (Southern Zazaki)
Zhuang: si, hawsingz, singz
Zulu: ithawini :

### See also

* megacity
* megalopolis
* metropolis
* multicity

### Further reading

* "city" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 55.

### Anagrams

* ICTY

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡sɪtɪ]

### Noun

city
* nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of cit

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English city

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsiti/, [ˈs̠it̪i]
* Rhymes: -iti

### Noun

city
* (anglicism) Synonym of liikekeskusta (“central business district”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of city (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cityni
cityni
accusative
nom.
cityni
cityni
gen.
cityni
genitive
cityni
cityjeni
partitive
cityäni
cityjäni
inessive
cityssäni
cityissäni
elative
citystäni
cityistäni
illative
cityyni
cityihini
adessive
citylläni
cityilläni
ablative
cityltäni
cityiltäni
allative
citylleni
cityilleni
essive
citynäni
cityinäni
translative
citykseni
cityikseni
abessive
cityttäni
cityittäni
instructive
comitative
—cityineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
citysi
citysi
accusative
nom.
citysi
citysi
gen.
citysi
genitive
citysi
cityjesi
partitive
cityäsi
cityjäsi
inessive
cityssäsi
cityissäsi
elative
citystäsi
cityistäsi
illative
cityysi
cityihisi
adessive
citylläsi
cityilläsi
ablative
cityltäsi
cityiltäsi
allative
cityllesi
cityillesi
essive
citynäsi
cityinäsi
translative
cityksesi
cityiksesi
abessive
cityttäsi
cityittäsi
instructive
comitative
—cityinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
citymme
citymme
accusative
nom.
citymme
citymme
gen.
citymme
genitive
citymme
cityjemme
partitive
cityämme
cityjämme
inessive
cityssämme
cityissämme
elative
citystämme
cityistämme
illative
cityymme
cityihimme
adessive
cityllämme
cityillämme
ablative
cityltämme
cityiltämme
allative
cityllemme
cityillemme
essive
citynämme
cityinämme
translative
cityksemme
cityiksemme
abessive
cityttämme
cityittämme
instructive
comitative
—cityinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
citynne
citynne
accusative
nom.
citynne
citynne
gen.
citynne
genitive
citynne
cityjenne
partitive
cityänne
cityjänne
inessive
cityssänne
cityissänne
elative
citystänne
cityistänne
illative
cityynne
cityihinne
adessive
cityllänne
cityillänne
ablative
cityltänne
cityiltänne
allative
cityllenne
cityillenne
essive
citynänne
cityinänne
translative
cityksenne
cityiksenne
abessive
cityttänne
cityittänne
instructive
comitative
—cityinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
citynsä
citynsä
accusative
nom.
citynsä
citynsä
gen.
citynsä
genitive
citynsä
cityjensä
partitive
cityään cityänsä
cityjään cityjänsä
inessive
cityssään cityssänsä
cityissään cityissänsä
elative
citystään citystänsä
cityistään cityistänsä
illative
cityynsä
cityihinsä
adessive
cityllään cityllänsä
cityillään cityillänsä
ablative
cityltään cityltänsä
cityiltään cityiltänsä
allative
citylleen cityllensä
cityilleen cityillensä
essive
citynään citynänsä
cityinään cityinänsä
translative
citykseen cityksensä
cityikseen cityiksensä
abessive
cityttään cityttänsä
cityittään cityittänsä
instructive
comitative
—cityineen cityinensä :

#### Derived terms
##### compounds

* city­kani
* city­karhu
* city­kulttuuri
* city­maasturi

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English city. Doublet of città.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsi.ti/
* Rhymes: -iti

### Noun

city f (invariable)
* city (financial district of a city)

#### Derived terms

* city bike
* city car
* city manager

### References

* ↑ city in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Middle English
### Noun

city
* Alternative form of cite

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English city.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

city n
* inner city, the commercial centre of a medium-sized or larger city
    Lite närmare city, i närheten av konstmuseet, ligger Norrköpings mest attraktiva lägenheterA little closer to the town centre, next to the art museum, you'll find Norrköping's most attractive apartments
    Det finns mycket att förbättra i vårt cityThere are many things that need improvement in our inner city
** 1991, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist, Eva Lindblad (lyrics and music), “Sommaren i city [[The] summer in the city]”‎performed by Angel:Sommaren i city 1990 – kommer du ihåg mig? Minns du vad som hände? Minns du vad du sa när du träffade mig? Kommer du ihåg mig – 1990, sommaren i city? Minns du var vi var? Och minns du vad vi sa?[The] summer in the city ["sommar i city" would literally be "summer in the city," but "the summer in the city" sounds a bit unidiomatic], 1990 ["in 1990" – Swedish skips the "in"] – do you remember me? Do you remember what happened? Do you remember what you said when you met me? Do you remember me – 1990, [the] summer in the city? Do you remember where we were? And do you remember what we said?

#### Usage notes

* centrum is used for the commercial centre of suburbs and small or medium-sized towns.

#### Synonyms

* centrum
* innerstad

### References

* city in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* city in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)