city
See also: City
English Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle English city, citie, citee, cite, from Old French cité, from Latin cīvitās (“citizenry; community; a city with its hinterland”), from cīvis (“native; townsman; citizen”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie down, settle; home, family; love; beloved”).
Cognate with Old English hīwan pl (“members of one's household, servants”). See hewe. Doublet of civitas.
Mostly displaced native Old English burg, burh, whence Modern English borough.
Pronunciation Edit
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [ˈsɪtʰiː]
Audio (UK) (file) - (Northern England, Conservative RP) IPA(key): /sɪtɪ/
- (US, General Australian) IPA(key): [ˈsɪɾi]
- Hyphenation: ci‧ty
- Rhymes: -ɪti
Noun Edit
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.
- c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 147, column 2:
- Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?
- 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- 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.
- 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
- One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
- 2020 July 15, Mike Brown talks to Paul Clifton, “Leading London's "hidden heroes"”, in Rail, page 42:
- All our stations have changed. We have to constrain numbers. We have to mandate face coverings. These are massive changes in what is a public transport city. This is not a car city.
- (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, 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, page 307:
- St Davids itself is the smallest city in Great Britain, with a population of less than 2,000.
- (Australia) The central business district; downtown.
- I'm going into the city today to do some shopping.
- (slang) A large amount of something (used after the noun).
- It’s video game city in here!
Hypernyms Edit
Derived terms Edit
- alpha city
- beta city
- capital city
- caravan city
- cardboard city
- cathedral city
- central city
- cidiot
- citaye
- citify
- citizen
- city administrator
- city and county
- city banker
- city block
- city boy
- city break
- city bus
- city center
- city centre
- city chicken
- city clerk
- city council
- city desk
- city district
- city dweller
- city father
- city gent
- city girl
- city hall
- cityite
- city lights
- city limit(s)
- city line
- city man
- city manager
- city map
- city of refuge
- city planning
- city room
- cityscape
- city slicker
- city-state
- city state
- city symphony
- city technology college
- city titty
- city wall
- city water
- citywide
- closed city
- control city
- core city
- cosmological city
- county-level city
- cross-city
- donut city
- doughnut city
- eco-city
- edge city
- fat city
- first city
- free city
- freedom of the city
- free imperial city
- free of the city
- gamma city
- garden city
- Hanseatic city
- hero city
- hidden city
- holy city
- host city
- independent city
- inner city, inner-city
- key to the city
- megacity
- metropolitan city
- million city
- port city
- prefecture-level city
- principal city
- pseudo-city code
- sanctuary city
- satellite city
- second city
- sister city
- smart city
- star city
- star-city
- the city
- the city of a thousand windows
- twin city
Place names ending in City
- Adams City
- Alabama City
- Aladdin City
- Alberta City
- Alexander City
- Amador City
- Amelia City
- Archer City
- Arkansas City
- Ashland City
- Atlantic City
- Bay City
- Beaver City
- Belize City
- Bibb City
- Big Bear City
- Bluff City
- Border City
- Bow City
- Bradshaw City
- Brandy City
- Branson City
- Brigham City
- Buffalo City
- Bullhead City
- Butte City
- Cactus City
- California City
- Cañon City
- Canyon City
- Capitol City
- Cascade City
- Cathedral City
- Cave City
- Center City
- Central City
- Charles City
- Cherokee City
- Circle City
- City of Industry
- Clair-Mel City
- Clay City
- Cole City
- Coleman City
- College City
- Colorado City
- Columbia City
- Commerce City
- Connected City
- Contention City
- Cooper City
- Copper City
- Crescent City
- Cross City
- Crystal City
- Culver City
- Dade City
- Dain City
- Dakota City
- Daly City
- Date City
- David City
- Dawson City
- Deem City
- Delaware City
- Diamond City
- Dickerson City
- Dodge City
- Dominion City
- Douglas City
- Duncan City
- Ellicott City
- Emory City
- Everglades City
- Farmer City
- Floral City
- Florida City
- Ford City
- Forest City
- Forrest City
- Foster City
- Frisco City
- Frog City
- Garden City
- Gibson City
- Gila City
- Gin City
- Granite City
- Grove City
- Haines City
- Hall City
- Hamilton City
- Harbor City
- Harris City
- Hartford City
- Highland City
- Highway City
- Hill City
- Hobson City
- Holy City
- Holy Cross City
- Huachuca City
- Intercession City
- Iowa City
- Iretaba City
- Iron City
- Ivy City
- Jacob City
- Jaeger City
- Jefferson City
- Jersey City
- Jewett City
- Johnson City
- Joseph City
- Junction City
- Kansas City
- Kenneth City
- Kerr City
- Kettleman City
- King City
- Lagoon City
- Lake City
- Lake Havasu City
- Lardeau City
- Leisure City
- Little Lake City
- Long Island City
- Lost City
- Loup City
- Lumber City
- Luxembourg City
- Marin City
- Mexico City
- Midland City
- Midway City
- Miles City
- Minto City
- Mission City
- Missouri City
- Mojave City
- Mokelumne City
- Mono City
- Montgomery City
- Morgan City
- Motor City
- Mound City
- Mountain City
- Moyie City
- Muck City
- Myakka City
- National City
- Nebraska City
- Ness City
- Nevada City
- New York City
- Nitrate City
- Ocean City
- Ohio City
- Oklahoma City
- Olive City
- Omineca City
- Orange City
- Orchard City
- Oregon City
- Oro City
- Palm City
- Panama City
- Panamint City
- Panorama City
- Pawnee City
- Peachtree City
- Pebble City
- Pecan City
- Pell City
- Phenix City
- Pinal City
- Pincher City
- Pine City
- Plant City
- Plaster City
- Polk City
- Poudre City
- Quebec City
- Queen City
- Quezon City
- Rainbow City
- Raisin City
- Rapid City
- Ray City
- Redwood City
- Reece City
- Reed City
- Rio Grande City
- Rockwell City
- Rogers City
- Sac City
- Sale City
- Salt Lake City
- Salton City
- Sampson City
- Sand City
- San Joaquin City
- Sardis City
- Scant City
- Shake City
- Sierra City
- Silver City
- Similkameen City
- Sioux City
- Slab City
- Spar City
- Sparkle City
- Spicer City
- St. James City
- Star City
- Stirling City
- Studio City
- Sugar City
- Suisun City
- Sulphur City
- Sun City
- Surf City
- Tahoe City
- Tate City
- Tawas City
- Telegraph City
- Tell City
- Temple City
- Texas City
- Tin City
- Tipp City
- Traverse City
- Tuba City
- Tunnel City
- Twin City
- Union City
- University City
- Uranium City
- Valley City
- Vatican City
- Villa City
- Volcanic City
- Vulture City
- Webster City
- White City
- Yazoo City
- Y City
- Yuba City
- Zama City
- Zip City
Related terms Edit
Descendants Edit
Translations Edit
large settlement
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central business district — see central business district
downtown — see downtown
See also Edit
Further reading Edit
- "city" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 55.
Anagrams Edit
Czech Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
city
Italian Edit
Etymology Edit
Unadapted borrowing from English city. Doublet of città.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
city f (invariable)
- city (financial district of a city)
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- ^ city in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Middle English Edit
Noun Edit
city
- Alternative form of cite
Swedish Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Audio (file)
Noun Edit
city n
- inner city, the commercial centre of a medium-sized or larger city
- Lite närmare city, i närheten av konstmuseet, ligger Norrköpings mest attraktiva lägenheter.
- A little closer to the town centre, next to the art museum, you'll find Norrköping's most attractive apartments.
- Det finns mycket att förbättra i vårt city.
- There are many things that need improvement in our inner city.
- Lite närmare city, i närheten av konstmuseet, ligger Norrköpings mest attraktiva lägenheter.
Usage notes Edit
- centrum is used for the commercial centre of suburbs and small or medium-sized towns.