city
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭt′ē
ipa: /ˈsɪt.i/
ipa: [ˈsɪtʰiː]
ipa: /sɪtɪ/
ipa: /ˈsɪt.i/
ipa: [ˈsɪɾi]
ipa: /ˈsɪt.i/
ipa: [ˈsɪɾiː]
rhymes: -ɪti
Forms: form: cities
form: citie
form: cittie
form: cyte
form: cytee
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English cite, derived from Old French cite, derived 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.
Senses: examples: text: São Paulo is the largest city in South America.
text: Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?
ref: 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:
text: 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.
ref: 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
text: But clever cities will not necessarily be better ones.
ref: 2013 September 7, “The multiplexed metropolis”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8852:
text: 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.
ref: 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
text: 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.
ref: 2020 July 15, Mike Brown talks to Paul Clifton, “Leading London's "hidden heroes"”, in Rail, page 42:
text: The Ukrainian government says Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and other cities have suffered a barrage of drone attacks, and pleaded with Western countries to step up their assistance in the face of the new challenge. […] But Ukraine claimed its forces had shot down one of these drones for the first time last month near the city of Kupyansk in Kharkiv.
ref: 2022 October 17, Ivana Kottasová, “‘Kamikaze’ drones are the latest threat for Ukraine. Here’s what we know”, in CNN:
glosses: A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1976, Cornelius P. Darcy, The Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Lancashire, 1760-1860, Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 20:
text: St Davids itself is the smallest city in Great Britain, with a population of less than 2,000.
ref: 2014, Graham Rutt, Cycling Britain's Cathedrals Volume 1, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 307:
glosses: A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.
raw_tags: in Ireland and Commonwealth
examples: text: I'm going into the city today to do some shopping.
glosses: The central business district; downtown.
examples: text: It’s video game city in here!
glosses: A large amount of something (used after the noun).
Synonyms: word: city
Hypernyms: settlement
Hyponyms: word: 15-minute city
word: agrocity
word: agropolis
word: capital
word: capital city
word: cathedral city
word: city on a hill
word: city upon a hill
word: closed city
word: garden city
word: global city
word: Hanseatic city
word: host city
word: megacity
word: metropolis
word: metropolitan city
word: open city
word: prefecture-level city
word: province-level city
word: sister city
word: state-level city
word: twin city
word: burg
word: eco-city
word: suburb
Meronyms: word: city center
word: downtown
word: neighborhood
word: square
word: uptown
word: urban dweller
Derived terms: word: 15-minute city
word: agrocity
word: alpha city
word: Angel City
word: Angeles City
word: anticity
word: beta city
word: capital city
word: caravan city
word: cardboard city
word: cathedral city
word: Cavite City
word: central city
word: Chocolate City
word: chocolate city
word: cidiot
word: citaye
word: citied
word: citification
word: citizen
word: city administrator
word: city and county
word: city banker
word: city block
word: citybound
word: city boy
word: city break
word: city-builder
word: city-building game
word: citybus
word: city bus
word: city center
word: city centre
word: citycentric
word: city chicken
word: city clerk
word: city council
word: city desk
word: city district
word: city-dweller
word: city dweller
word: city father
word: cityful
word: city gent
word: city girl
word: city hall
word: cityhood
word: cityish
word: cityite
word: cityless
word: city lights
word: citylike
word: city limit(s)
word: city line
word: cityman
word: city man
word: city manager
word: city map
word: citymate
word: city mouse
word: cityness
word: City of Kilgore
word: City of London
word: City of Los Angeles
word: city of refuge
word: city of seven hills
word: City of Westminster
word: city on a hill
word: city planning
word: city pop
word: city proper
word: city room
word: cityscape
word: city's finest
word: cityship
word: cityside
word: city sim
word: city simulator
word: city slicker
word: city-state
word: city state
word: city symphony
word: city technology college
word: City Terrace
word: city titty
word: city upon a hill
word: city wall
word: cityward
word: citywards
word: city water
word: citywear
word: citywide
word: closed city
word: control city
word: core city
word: cosmological city
word: Cotabato City
word: countercity
word: county-level city
word: cross-city
word: cybercity
word: donut city
word: doughnut city
word: eco-city
word: ecocity
word: edge city
word: Egg Harbor City
word: fat city
word: federal city
word: first city
word: free city
word: freedom of the city
word: free imperial city
word: free of the city
word: gamma city
word: garden city
word: GeoCity
word: gigabit city
word: gigacity
word: Global City
word: Hanseatic city
word: hero city
word: hidden city
word: holy city
word: host city
word: independent city
word: inner city
word: inner-city
word: intercity
word: intracity
word: Isabela City
word: Jade City
word: key to the city
word: Koto City
word: lagoon city
word: Lapu-Lapu City
word: London City
word: megacity
word: metropolitan city
word: Mexico City policy
word: microcity
word: million city
word: minicity
word: monocity
word: mother city
word: Music City
word: noncity
word: Oaxaca City
word: Old City
word: open city
word: port city
word: prefecture-level city
word: primate city
word: principal city
word: province-level city
word: pseudo-city code
word: Radio City
word: Railroad City
word: Redland City
word: Rose City
word: Roxas City
word: sanctuary city
word: satellite city
word: second city
word: sister city
word: smart city
word: sponge city
word: star-city
word: star city
word: state-level city
word: subcity
word: supercity
word: Surigao City
word: Swea City
word: the city
word: the city of a thousand windows
word: treasure city
word: Tricity
word: twin city
word: uncity
word: undercity
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Adams City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Alabama City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Aladdin City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Alberta City
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word: Alexander City
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word: Amador City
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word: Amelia City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Archer City
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word: Arkansas City
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word: Ashland City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Atlantic City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Bay City
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word: Beaver City
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word: Belize City
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word: Bibb City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Big Bear City
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word: Bluff City
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word: Boise City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Border City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Bow City
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word: Bradshaw City
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word: Brandy City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Branson City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Brigham City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Buffalo City
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word: Bullhead City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Butte City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Cactus City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: California City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Cañon City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Canyon City
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word: Capitol City
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word: Cascade City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Cathedral City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Cave City
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word: Celestial City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Center City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Central City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Charles City
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word: Cherokee City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Circle City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: City of Industry
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Clair-Mel City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Clay City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Coal City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Cole City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Coleman City
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word: College City
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word: Colorado City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Columbia City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Commerce City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Connected City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Contention City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Cooper City
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word: Copper City
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word: Crescent City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Cross City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Crystal City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Culver City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Dade City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Dain City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Dakota City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Dallas City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Daly City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Date City
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word: David City
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word: Dawson City
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word: Deem City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Delaware City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Diamond City
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word: Dickerson City
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word: Dodge City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Dominion City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Douglas City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Duke City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Duncan City
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word: Elk City
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word: Ellicott City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Emory City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Everglades City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Farmer City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Floral City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Florida City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Forbidden City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Ford City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Forest City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Forrest City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Foster City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Frisco City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Frog City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Garden City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Gary City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Gibson City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: GIFT City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Gila City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Gin City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Granite City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Grove City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Haines City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Hall City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Haltom City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Hamilton City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Harbor City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Harris City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Hartford City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Highland City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Highway City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Hill City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Hobson City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Holy City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Holy Cross City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Huachuca City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Ice City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Iloilo City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Intercession City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Iowa City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Iretaba City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Iron City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Ivy City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Jacob City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Jaeger City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Jefferson City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Jersey City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Jewett City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Johnson City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Joseph City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Junction City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Kansas City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Kaw City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Kenneth City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Kerr City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Kettleman City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: King City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Knox City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Labrador City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Lagoon City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Lake City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Lake Havasu City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Lardeau City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Leisure City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Lincoln City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Little Lake City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Long Island City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Lost City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Loup City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Lumber City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Luxembourg City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Marin City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Mexico City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Midland City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Midway City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Miles City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Minto City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Mission City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Missouri City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Mojave City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Mokelumne City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Mono City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Montgomery City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Morgan City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Motor City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Mound City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Mountain City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Moyie City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Muck City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Myakka City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: National City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Nebraska City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Ness City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Nevada City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: New York City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Nitrate City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Ocean City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Ohio City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Oklahoma City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Olive City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Omineca City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Orange City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Orchard City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Oregon City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Oro City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Osage City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Palm City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Panama City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Panamint City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Panorama City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Pawnee City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Peachtree City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Pebble City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Pecan City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Pell City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Phenix City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Pinal City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Pincher City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Pine City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Plant City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Plaster City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Polk City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Ponca City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Poudre City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Quebec City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Queen City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Quezon City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Rainbow City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Raisin City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Rapid City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Ray City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Redwood City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Reece City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Reed City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Rio Grande City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Rockwell City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Rogers City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Sac City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Sale City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Salt Lake City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Salton City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Sampson City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Sand City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: San Joaquin City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Sardis City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Scant City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Scott City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Shake City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Sierra City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Silver City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Similkameen City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Sioux City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Slab City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Spar City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Sparkle City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Spicer City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Star City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Stirling City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: St. James City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Strong City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Studio City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Sugar City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Suisun City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Sulphur City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Sun City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Surf City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Tahoe City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Tarlac City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Tate City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Tawas City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Telegraph City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Tell City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Temple City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Texas City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Tin City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Tipp City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Traverse City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Tuba City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Tunnel City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Twin City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Union City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: University City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Uranium City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Valley City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Vatican City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Villa City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Volcanic City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Vulture City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Webster City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: West Valley City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: White City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Wolfe City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Yazoo City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Y City
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word: Yuba City
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word: Zama City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Zamboanga City
sense: Place names ending in City
word: Zip City
Related terms: word: civic
word: civil
word: megacity
word: megalopolis
word: metropolis
word: multicity
word: municipality