independent city

English

Noun

independent city (plural independent cities)

1. (urban studies) A city that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity.

Coordinate terms

• city
• city-state
• county-level city
• county-level municipality
• federal city
• federal municipality
• micronation
• municipality
• prefecture-level city
• prefecture-level municipality
• province-level city
• province-level municipality
• regional municipality
• state-level city
• state-level municipality
• town
• township
• unitary authority

 

Translations

city not part of a local government district

• Finnish: itsenäinen kaupunki
• German: kreisfreie (de) Stadt (de) f (Germany), Statutarstadt (de) (Austria)
• Russian: город (ru) (gorod) федерального (ru) (federalʹnovo) значения (ru) (značenija)