city
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
form: cities
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: citie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cittie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cyte
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: cytee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
pos: noun
examples: São Paulo is the largest city in South America.
Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?
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.
But clever cities will not necessarily be better ones.
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.
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.
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.
gloss: A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.
pos: noun
tags: UK
historical
examples: 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.
St Davids itself is the smallest city in Great Britain, with a population of less than 2,000.
gloss: The central business district; downtown.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
examples: I'm going into the city today to do some shopping.
gloss: A large amount of something (used after the noun).
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: It’s video game city in here!
Synonyms: city
Antonyms: town
village
Related words: civic
civil
megacity
megalopolis
metropolis
multicity
municipality
Derived words: 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
citizen
city administrator
city and county
city banker
city block
city block distance
citybound
city boy
city break
city-builder
city-building game
citybus
city bus
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
city killer
cityless
city lights
citylike
city limit(s)
city line
city man
cityman
city manager
city map
citymate
city mouse
cityness
City of Kilgore
City of London
City of Los Angeles
city of refuge
city of seven hills
City of Westminster
city on a hill
city pigeon
city plan
city planning
city pop
city proper
city room
cityscape
city's finest
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
Egg Harbor 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
Global City
Hanseatic city
hero city
hidden city
holy city
host city
Hub City
independent city
inner city
inner-city
intercity
intracity
Isabela City
Jade City
key to the city
Koto City
lagoon city
Lapu-Lapu City
London City
megacity
metropolitan city
microcity
Mid City
million city
minicity
monocity
mother city
Music City
noncity
Oaxaca City
Old City
open city
port city
prefecture-level city
primate city
principal city
province-level city
pseudo-city code
Radio City
Railroad City
Redland City
Rose City
Roxas City
sanctuary city
satellite city
second city
sister city
smart city
Soda City
sponge city
star-city
star city
state-level city
subcity
supercity
Surigao City
Swea City
the city
the city of a thousand windows
treasure city
Tricity
twin city
uncity
undercity
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