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City
Found in thesaurus: municipality, administrative division, administrative district, territorial division
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city
n.
large urban area, large town; inhabitants of a city in a collective manner; (in Canada) small town or urban area that has been incorporated and to which the provincial government gave the title of city
adj.
of or pertaining to a city
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City
A city is a large and permanent human settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town in general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.
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City (disambiguation)
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city
Noun
1. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city"
(synonym) metropolis, urban center
(hypernym) municipality
(hyponym) Dunkirk, Dunkerque
(part-meronym) concrete jungle
(derivation) citify
2. an incorporated administrative district established by state charter; "the city raised the tax rate"
(hypernym) administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
(part-meronym) city district
3. people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the city voted for Republicans in 1994"
(synonym) metropolis
(hypernym) municipality
(derivation) citify
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City (die)
nf.
city, large urban area
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city
n.
city center
