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city

English

Alternative forms

  • cyte (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English city, citie, citee, cite, from Old French cité, from Latin c?vit?s (citizenry; community; a city with its hinterland), from c?vis (native; townsman; citizen), from Proto-Indo-European *?ey- (to lie down, settle; home, family; love; beloved).

Cognate with Old English h?wan pl (members of one's household, servants). See hewe. Doublet of civitas.

Displaced native Middle English burgh, borough (fortified town; incorporated city) and sted, stede (place, stead; city).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?s?ti/
  • (Northern England) IPA(key): /s?t?/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?s??i/
  • Rhymes: -?ti
  • Hyphenation: ci?ty

Noun

city (plural cities)

  1. A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
    • 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.
  2. (Britain) 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.
  3. (Australia) The central business district; downtown.
  4. (slang) A large amount of something (used after the noun).
    It's video game city in here!

Hypernyms

  • settlement

Derived terms

Pages starting with “city”.

Related terms

  • civic
  • civil

Descendants

  • ? French: City
  • ? German: City
  • ? Italian: city
  • ? Swedish: city

Translations

See also

  • metropolis
  • megalopolis
  • megacity
  • multicity

Further reading

  • "city" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 55.

Anagrams

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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?t?s?t?]

Noun

city

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of cit

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English city. Doublet of città.

Noun

city f (invariable)

  1. city (financial district of a city)

Derived terms

  • city bike
  • city car
  • city manager

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English city.

Pronunciation

Noun

city n

  1. 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.

Usage notes

  • centrum is used for the commercial centre of suburbs and small or medium-sized towns.

Synonyms

  • centrum
  • innerstad

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kokomo

English

Noun

kokomo (plural kokomos)

  1. Synonym of Blyth's hornbill

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Noun

kokomo

  1. hornbill

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