city
see also: City
Pronunciation Noun
City
Proper noun
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see also: City
Pronunciation 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.
- 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 731476803 ↗:
- 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.
- (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 9780719013300), 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 9781326056049), page 307
- St Davids itself is the smallest city in Great Britain, with a population of less than 2,000.
- 1976, Cornelius P. Darcy, The Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Lancashire, 1760-1860, Manchester University Press (ISBN 9780719013300), page 20
- (Australia) The central business district; downtown.
- I'm going into the city today to do some shopping.
- (slang) A large amount of something.
- It's video game city in here!
- French: ville, cité, grande-ville
- German: Stadt, Großstadt
- Italian: città
- Portuguese: cidade, urbe
- Russian: го́род
- Spanish: ciudad, urbe
City
Proper noun
- (UK, with the definite article) The City of London, the historic core of London where the Roman settlement of Londinium was established.
- (UK, with the definite article) The United Kingdom's financial industries, which are principally based in the City of London.
- (with the definite article) Any of several other cities in metropolitan areas (such as San Francisco).
- (soccer, informal) Manchester City Football Club, an English football club.
- City will reportedly look to have a fee for Aguero.
- (City of London) the Square Mile
- (London) Hammersmith & City
- French: City
- Russian: Си́ти
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