See also: city

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City

  1. (soccer, informal) Manchester City Football Club, an English football club.
    City will reportedly look to have a fee for Aguero.

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the City

  1. (UK) The City of London, the historic core of London where the Roman settlement of Londinium was established.
  2. (UK) The United Kingdom's financial industries, which are principally based in the City of London.
  3. (New York) The borough of Manhattan, the historic core of New York.
  4. Any of several other cities in metropolitan areas (such as San Francisco).

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Chinese

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Etymology

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Clipping of English CityU, short for city university.

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City

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, informal) CityU; City University of Hong Kong

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French

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City f

  1. (finance, with definite article) the City

German

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Pseudo-anglicism, derived from city. The feminine gender is likely an analogy to Stadt.

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City f (genitive City, plural Citys)

  1. (colloquial) city center, downtown, central business district
    Synonyms: Innenstadt, Stadtmitte, Stadtzentrum
    Wir fahren heute Nachmittag in die City.
    We’re going downtown this afternoon.

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Further reading

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  • City” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • City” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • City” in Duden online