Definition of City

1. Noun. A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts. "Ancient Troy was a great city"

Exact synonyms: Metropolis, Urban Center
Specialized synonyms: Nicaea, Colossae, Herat, Kandahar, Qandahar, Mazar-i-sharif, Durazzo, Durres, Annaba, Blida, Oran, Constantine, Huambo, Nova Lisboa, Lobito, Hamilton, Bahia Blanca, Cordoba, Cordova, Moron, Rosario, Vicente Lopez, Dobrich, Tolbukhin, Philippopolis, Plovdiv, Varna, Mandalay, Mawlamyine, Moulmein, Douala, Kandy, Antofagasta, Concepcion, Punta Arenas, Temuco, Valparaiso, Vina Del Mar, Chongqing, Chungking, Canton, Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Lanchou, Lanchow, Lanzhou, Dairen, Dalian, Talien, Loyang, Luoyang, Lushun, Port Arthur, Hangchow, Hangzhou, Nan-chang, Nanchang, Nan-ning, Nanning, Nanjing, Nanking, Shanghai, Fengtien, Moukden, Mukden, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Tangshan, T'ien-ching, Tianjin, Tientsin, Wuhan, Changan, Hsian, Sian, Singan, Xian, Hohhot, Taichung, Hong Kong, Barranquilla, Cali, Medellin, Cartagena, Soledad, Goma, Kananga, Luluabourg, Elisabethville, Lubumbashi, Abidjan, San Pedro Sula, Santa Ana, Aspinwall, Colon, Merida, Campeche, Cancun, Acapulco, Acapulco De Juarez, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juarez, Juarez, Ciudad Victoria, Culiacan, Durango, Victoria De Durango, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Leon, Matamoros, Mazatlan, Mexicali, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Oaxaca De Juarez, Orizaba, Heroica Puebla De Zaragoza, Puebla, Puebla De Zaragoza, San Luis Potosi, Tepic, Tampico, Torreon, Tijuana, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Veracruz, Villa Hermosa, Villahermosa, Santiago, Santiago De Cuba, Guantanamo, Santiago, Santiago De Los Caballeros, San Juan, Montego Bay, Brno, Brunn, Ostrava, Cotonou, Aarhus, Arhus, Aalborg, Alborg, Bergen, Stavanger, Nidaros, Trondheim, Malmo, Lund, Goeteborg, Goteborg, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Upsala, Aachen, Aix-la-chapelle, Aken, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Chemnitz, Karl-marx-stadt, Dortmund, Dresden, Leipzig, Solingen, Weimar, Bonn, Cologne, Koln, Braunschweig, Brunswick, Dusseldorf, Essen, Frankfort, Frankfurt, Frankfurt On The Main, Halle, Halle-an-der-saale, Hamburg, Hannover, Hanover, Lubeck, Mannheim, Muenchen, Munich, Nuremberg, Nurnberg, Potsdam, Rostock, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden, Wuerzburg, Wurzburg, Guayaquil, Espoo, Tammerfors, Tampere, Corinth, Korinthos, Argos, Delphi, Mycenae, Sparta, Ephesus, Patrai, Patras, Ilion, Ilium, Troy, Thebes, Salonica, Salonika, Thessalonica, Thessaloniki, Nablus, Sodom, Gomorrah, Gomorrha, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-jaffa, Tel Aviv-yalo, Haifa, Hefa, Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo, Samaria, Byzantium, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Aquila, Aquila Degli Abruzzi, L'aquila, Bolzano, Brescia, Ferrara, Naples, Napoli, Messina, Bologna, Brindisi, Genoa, Genova, Cremona, La Spezia, Milan, Milano, Pisa, Siracusa, Syracuse, Torino, Turin, Bari, Palermo, Firenze, Florence, Trent, Trento, Padova, Padua, Patavium, Venezia, Venice, Verona, Brasov, Constantina, Sarajevo, Dubrovnik, Ragusa, Split, Banff, Calgary, Vancouver, Saint John, St. John, Hamilton, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Windsor, Montreal, Saskatoon, Graz, Lentia, Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Chittagong, Antwerp, Antwerpen, Anvers, Bruges, City Of Bridges, Charleroi, Gand, Gent, Ghent, Liege, Luik, Namur, Santa Cruz, Sucre, Belem, Feliz Lusitania, Para, Santa Maria De Belem, St. Mary Of Bethlehem, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Joao Pessoa, Governador Valadares, Limeira, Natal, Osasco, Rio, Rio De Janeiro, Pernambuco, Recife, Santos, Sao Bernardo Do Campo, Sao Goncalo, Sao Joao De Meriti, Sao Jose Dos Campos, Sao Louis, Sao Paulo, Lancaster, Manchester, Hull, Kingston-upon Hull, Liverpool, Birmingham, Brummagem, Oxford, Cambridge, Brighton, Bristol, Leeds, Leicester, Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-tyne, Pompey, Portsmouth, Coventry, Gloucester, Reading, Sheffield, Winchester, Worcester, Northampton, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Newport, Swansea, Alexandria, El Iskandriyah, Assouan, Assuan, Aswan, El Giza, Giza, Gizeh, Memphis, El-aksur, Luxor, Thebes, Suez, Delhi, Old Delhi, Bangalore, Jabalpur, Jubbulpore, Calcutta, Kolkata, Bombay, Mumbai, Agra, Hyderabad, Chennai, Madras, Lucknow, Mysore, Salem, Bandung, Medan, Samarang, Semarang, Abadan, Bam, Mashhad, Meshed, Aspadana, Esfahan, Isfahan, Rasht, Resht, Shiraz, Tabriz, Orumiyeh, Urmia, Qum, Persepolis, Basia, Basra, Karbala, Kerbala, Kerbela, Kirkuk, Mosul, Philippi, Adrianople, Adrianopolis, Edirne, Babylon, Ur, Ashur, Assur, Asur, Nineveh, Utica, Asahikawa, Nagano, Nagoya, Omiya, Osaka, Yokohama, Naha City, Kobe, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Sapporo, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Toyohashi, Toyonaki, Toyota, Akaba, Al Aqabah, Aqaba, Az Zarqa, Zarqa, Kisumu, Mombasa, Nakuru, Bordeaux, Brest, Cannes, Dijon, Grenoble, Le Havre, Lille, Lyon, Lyons, Marseille, Marseilles, Nancy, Nantes, Nice, Orleans, Reims, Rheims, Strasbourg, Strassburg, Toulon, Toulouse, Tours, Versailles, Kumasi, Tamale, Apeldoorn, Arnhem, 's Gravenhage, Den Haag, The Hague, Eindhoven, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Leiden, Leyden, Utrecht, Thorshavn, Chemulpo, Incheon, Inchon, Kwangju, Taegu, Tegu, Pusan, Tarabulus, Tarabulus Ash-sham, Trablous, Tripoli, Saida, Sayda, Sidon, Sur, Tyre, Benghazi, Blantyre, Zomba, Kuala Lumpur, Timbuktu, Casablanca, Fes, Fez, Marrakech, Marrakesh, Oujda, Tangier, Tangiers, Beira, Auckland, Christchurch, Ibadan, Katsina, Lagos, Maiduguri, Yerwa-maiduguri, Zaria, Faisalabad, Lyallpur, Hyderabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Arequipa, Caloocan, Cebu, Cebu City, Quezon City, Bromberg, Bydgoszcz, Cracow, Krakau, Krakow, Czestochowa, Danzig, Gdansk, Katowice, Lodz, Lublin, Breslau, Wroclaw, Zabrze, Braga, Oporto, Porto, Setubal, Papeete, Al Madinah, Medina, Jed'dah, Jeddah, Jidda, Jiddah, Tabuk, Taif, Hargeisa, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Kimberley, Durban, Bloemfontein, Soweto, Astrakhan, Cherepovets, Grozny, Groznyy, Kaluga, Khabarovsk, Kursk, Gorki, Gorkiy, Gorky, Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhnyi Novgorod, Kazan, Leningrad, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Murmansk, Nalchik, Novgorod, Molotov, Perm, Rostov, Rostov Na Donu, Rostov On Don, Saratov, Smolensk, Ufa, Stalingrad, Tsaritsyn, Volgograd, Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Vladivostok, Gomel, Homel, Homyel, Pinsk, Tartu, Liepaja, Daugavpils, Klaipeda, Memel, Kaunas, Kovna, Kovno, Donetsk, Donetske, Stalino, Chernobyl, Dneprodzerzhinsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Yekaterinoslav, Kharkiv, Kharkov, Odesa, Odessa, Sebastopol, Sevastopol, Yalta, Alma-ata, Almaty, Samarcand, Samarkand, Barcelona, Cadiz, Cartagena, Cordoba, Cordova, Granada, Jerez, Jerez De La Frontera, Leon, Logrono, Malaga, Oviedo, San Sebastian, Sevilla, Seville, Toledo, Saragossa, Zaragoza, Valencia, Nyala, Port Sudan, Omdurman, Bale, Basel, Basle, Geneva, Geneve, Genf, Lausanne, Zurich, Alep, Aleppo, Halab, Al Ladhiqiyah, Latakia, Dodoma, Mbeya, Mwanza, Tabora, Tanga, Ariana, Ehadhamen, Gafsa, Safaqis, Sfax, Sousse, Susa, Susah, Adana, Seyhan, Adalia, Antalya, Halicarnassus, Constantinople, Istanbul, Stamboul, Stambul, Brusa, Bursa, Izmir, Smyrna, Pergamum, Sardis, Jinja, Gulu, Dubai, Birmingham, Pittsburgh Of The South, Huntsville, Mobile, Anchorage, Mesa, Tucson, Anaheim, Bakersfield, Berkeley, Beverly Hills, Chula Vista, Fresno, Long Beach, City Of The Angels, Los Angeles, Oakland, Pasadena, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Bridgeport, New Haven, Waterbury, Wilmington, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Miami Beach, Orlando, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah, Chicago, Windy City, Decatur, Peoria, Rockford, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Gary, South Bend, Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City, Kansas City, Wichita, Lexington, Louisville, New Orleans, Shreveport, Portland, Baltimore, Cambridge, Springfield, Worcester, Salem, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Motor City, Motown, Flint, Grand Rapids, Duluth, Minneapolis, Independence, Kansas City, Gateway To The West, Saint Louis, St. Louis, Springfield, Billings, Omaha, Las Vegas, Reno, Manchester, Atlantic City, Bayonne, Camden, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Albuquerque, Buffalo, Greater New York, New York, New York City, Binghamton, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Schenectady, Syracuse, Utica, Charlotte, Queen City, Durham, Greensboro, Greenville, Winston-salem, Fargo, Akron, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo, Youngstown, Tulsa, Eugene, Portland, Allentown, Erie, Chester, City Of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Scranton, Newport, Charleston, Sioux Falls, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Abilene, Amarillo, Arlington, Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Garland, Houston, Laredo, Lubbock, Odessa, Plano, San Antonio, Waco, Wichita Falls, Provo, Burlington, Newport News, Norfolk, Lynchburg, Portsmouth, Roanoke, Virginia Beach, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Beckley, Clarksburg, Huntington, Morgantown, Parkersburg, Wheeling, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Racine, Casper, Citta Del Vaticano, Vatican City, Ciudad Bolivar, Cumana, Maracaibo, Maracay, Valencia, Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, Haiphong, Aden, Al-hudaydah, Hodeida, Al-mukalla, Mukalla, Bulawayo
Terms within: Concrete Jungle, Central City, City Center, City Centre, Financial Center, Civic Center, Down Town, Municipal Center, Inner City, Medical Center
Generic synonyms: Municipality
Specialized synonyms: National Capital, Provincial Capital, State Capital
Derivative terms: Citify, Metropolitan

2. Noun. An incorporated administrative district established by state charter. "The city raised the tax rate"

3. Noun. People living in a large densely populated municipality. "The city voted for Republicans in 1994"
Exact synonyms: Metropolis
Generic synonyms: Municipality
Derivative terms: Citify

Definition of City

1. n. A large town.

2. a. Of or pertaining to a city.

Definition of City

1. Proper noun. (UK) popular, shortened form for the City of London, the historic core of London where the Roman settlement of Londinium was established ¹

2. Proper noun. (UK) a metonym for the United Kingdom's financial industry industries, which are principally based in the City of London ¹

3. Proper noun. A popular name (not always capitalized) for any of several other cities in metropolitan areas (such as San Francisco) ¹

4. Proper noun. (soccer) A nickname for (w Manchester City Football Club), an English football club. ¹

5. Noun. A large settlement, bigger than a town. In Europe a city was historically a place that had succeeded in obtaining the right to build a city wall, a belfort, etc., from the nobility. ¹

6. Proper noun. (context: in Northern California US) San Francisco. ¹

7. Proper noun. (context: in New York City US) Manhattan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of City

1. a large town [n CITIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of City

citrus fruit
citrus fruits
citrus greening
citrus mealybug
citrus tree
citrus whitefly
citruses
citruslike
citrusy
cits
cittern
cittern-head
cittern-heads
citterns
cittosis
city (current term)
city-born
city-bred
city-council
city administrator
city administrators
city banker
city bankers
city block
city blocks
city boy
city boys
city break
city center
city centre

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