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 Definitions of city  [ˈsɪt i]  

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Definition of 'city' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) city
a large or important town.

2.  city
(in the U.S.) an incorporated municipality, usu. governed by a mayor and council.

3.  city
the inhabitants of a city collectively:
The entire city is celebrating.

4.  city
(in Canada) a municipality of high rank, usu. based on population.

5.  city
(in Great Britain) a borough, usu. the seat of a bishop, having its title conferred by the Crown.

6.  city
the City, the commercial and financial area of London, England.

7.  city
a city-state.

8.  city
(
The party last night was Action City. That guy is dull city.

Etymology:  (1175–1225; ME cite < AF, OF cite(t) < L cīvitātem, acc. of cīvitās citizenry, town =cīvi(s) citizen +-tās -ty2)

Definition of 'city' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) city, metropolis, urban center
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
"Ancient Troy was a great city"

2. (noun) city
an incorporated administrative district established by state charter
"the city raised the tax rate"

3. (noun) city, metropolis
people living in a large densely populated municipality
"the city voted for Republicans in 1994"


Definition of 'city' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) city
a large town
the city of London/New York; a capital/major city


Definition of 'city' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) city
of or pertaining to a city

2. (noun) city
a large town

3. (noun) city
a corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see

4. (noun) city
the collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city


Definitions of 'city' The Roycroft Dictionary 

city
1. Any place where men have builded a jail, a bagnio, a gallows, a morgue, a church, a hospital, a saloon, and laid out a cemetery--hence a center of life.

2. A herding region; any part of the earth where ignorance and stupidity integrate, agglomerate and breed.


Translation of 'city' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a very large town.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: stad Arabic flag Arabic: مَدينَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: голям град
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cidade Czech flag Czech: velkoměsto German flag German: die (Groß-)Stadt
Danish flag Danish: by Greek flag Greek: μεγαλούπολη Spanish flag Spanish: ciudad
Estonian flag Estonian: suurlinn Farsi flag Farsi: شهر Finnish flag Finnish: kaupunki
French flag French: grande ville Hebrew flag Hebrew: עִיר Hindi flag Hindi: शहर
Croatian flag Croatian: grad Hungarian flag Hungarian: nagyváros Indonesian flag Indonesian: kota
Icelandic flag Icelandic: stórborg Italian flag Italian: città Japanese flag Japanese: 都市
Korean flag Korean: 도시 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: didmiestis Latvian flag Latvian: lielpilsēta
Malay flag Malay: bandar raya Dutch flag Dutch: stad Norwegian flag Norwegian: by(kommune)
Polish flag Polish: duże miasto Persian flag Persian: شهر Pashto flag Pashto: ښار
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cidade Romanian flag Romanian: oraş Russian flag Russian: город
Slovak flag Slovak: (veľké) mesto Slovenian flag Slovenian: (vele)mesto Serbian flag Serbian: grad
Swedish flag Swedish: [stor]stad Thai flag Thai: เมืองใหญ่ Turkish flag Turkish: şehir, kent
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 城市 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: велике місто Urdu flag Urdu: بہت بڑا شہر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đô thị Chinese flag Chinese: 城市

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