Complete Definition of "city"

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English

rank|several|either|whether|339|city|held|help|number

Etymology
From Middle English cite < Old French cité < Latin civitas ("a union of citizens", "a citizenry").

Pronunciation
IPA|/�sɪti/
SAMPA|/"sIti/
audio|en-us-city.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪti|-ɪti
Hyphenation: cit·y

Adjective
city

  1. public; belonging to a city; of a city
  2. urban

Synonyms
civic
municipal

Translations

Arabic: Arab|�د�� (madáni)
Bosnian: t-|bs|gradski|m
Finnish: kaupunki-, kaupunki|kaupungin (genitive)
French: t+|fr|ville
Hebrew: ע�ר�נ� ('yrony) m, ע�ר�נ�ת ('yronyt) f
Italian: t+|it|città
Japanese: �� (��� shiritsu, ���� ichiritsu)
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Persian: t+|fa|ش�ر|trshahr|scfa-Arab|xs=Persian
Portuguese: urbano, citadino, metropolitano, municipal
Romanian: t+|ro|ora�
Russian: t+|ru|го�од�кой|trgorodskój|scCyrl
Serbian:

Spanish: t-|es|municipal

Noun
en-noun|pl=cities

  1. A large settlement, bigger than a town. In Europe a city is a place that had succeeded in obtaining the right to build a city wall, a belfort, etc., from the nobility.
Translations
trans-top|large settlement
Albanian: qytet
Arabic: ARchar|�د��ة (madí:na) f
Aramaic:
Asturian: ciudá f
Basque: hiri
Bosnian: t-|bs|grad|m
Breton: keoded f, keodedoù p, kêr f, kêrioù p
Bulgarian: t+|bg|г�ад|m|sc=Cyrl
Catalan: ciutat f
Chinese: �� (chéngshì)
Czech: m�sto n, velkom�sto n
Danish: t-|da|by
Dutch: t+|nl|stad|f
Esperanto: t+|eo|urbo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|kaupunki
French: t+|fr|ville|f
German: t+|de|Stadt|f
Greek, Ancient: ��λι� (pólis) f
Greek, Modern: ��λη (póli) f
Hebrew: ע�ר (�yr) f
Hindi: शहर (�ahr), न�र (nagar)
Hungarian: t+|hu|város
Icelandic: t+|is|borg|f
Ido: urbo
Indonesian: t+|id|kota|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: citate
Italian: t+|it|città|f
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (��, tóshi), �� (���, tokái)
Kannada: ನ�ರ (nagara)
Korean: �� [��] (dosi)
Kurdish:
Latin: t+|la|urbs|f, t+|la|civitas|f
Leonese: ciudá f
Lithuanian: t+|lt|miestas|xs=Lithuanian
Maltese: t-|mt|belt|xs=Maltese
Persian: FAchar|ش�ر (šahr)
Piemontese: sità
Polish miasto n
Portuguese: t+|pt|cidade|f
Romanian: t+|ro|ora�|n, t-|ro|cetate|f, t-|ro|urbe|f
Romansch: citad f
Russian: t+|ru|го�од|m|trgórod|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: baile mòr m, dùn m
Scots: ceity
Serbian:

Slovene: t+|sl|mesto|n
Spanish: t+|es|ciudad|f, t-|es|urbe|f
Swedish: t+|sv|stad|c
Tagalog: lungsod, syudad
Telugu: న�ర� (nagaram)
Turkish: t+|tr|kent, t+|tr|�ehir
Urdu: URchar|ش�ر (�ahr)
Vietnamese: thành ph� [��]
Volapük: zif
Welsh: t-|cy|caer|f|xsWelsh, t-|cy|dinas|f|xsWelsh
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Related terms
citify
citizen
cityscape
city-state
civic
civil

See also
metropolis
megalopolis
megacity

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