Cities - English meaning

ˈsɪt.i

Cities – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A large town.
Usage examples:
One of italy's most beautiful cities
Synonims:
Town Municipality Metropolis Megalopolis Conurbation Urban area Metropolitan area Burgh Big smoke Burg Wen
noun
Short for city of london.
noun
The financial and commercial institutions located in the city of london.
Usage examples:
The budget got a stony reception from the city

noun
A place where many people live, with many houses, stores, businesses, etc., and which is bigger than a town
Usage examples:
Canadians have built big, pleasant, and livable cities., when their team won the world series, the …

noun
The business and financial centre of london, including britain's main financial organizations such the bank of england and the international stock exchange
Usage examples:
It is one of the city's leading investment banks., the bank was founded over 300 years ago in the c…

noun
A large town
Usage examples:
Many of the world's cities have populations of more than five million., capital city wellington is …

noun
Any town in the uk that has a cathedral (= large, important church)
Usage examples:
The city of ely has about 15,000 inhabitants.

noun
The government of a city
Usage examples:
It's the city's responsibility to maintain the pavements., my father works for the city.

noun
The business centre of london where the large financial organizations are, such as the bank of england
Usage examples:
He works in the city., a city analyst

noun
The financial organizations as a group and the people who work for them
Usage examples:
The city acted swiftly to the news of a fall in the value of sterling.

Cities translation into English

Cities: translate from English into Chinese

城市, 市, 城, 都市, 都会, 城镇, 城池, 邑, 埠

Cities: translate from English into Dutch

Steden, Stad, Grote stad, Wereldstad

Cities: translate from English into French

Villes, Ville

Cities: translate from English into German

Städte, Stadt, Großstadt

Cities: translate from English into Hindi

शहरों, शहर, सिटी, नगर

Cities: translate from English into Italian

Città, Municipalità

Cities: translate from English into Korean

도시, 시티, 시, 시내, 시중, 장소, 전시민

Cities: translate from English into Russian

Города, Город, Большой город, Старинный город, Центр деловой жизни города

Cities: translate from English into Spanish

Ciudades, Ciudad, Urbe, Municipalidad

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French cite, from Latin civitas, from civis ‘citizen’. Originally denoting a town, and often used as a Latin equivalent to Old English burh ‘borough’, the term was la

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Cities synonims

burg

noun
An ancient or medieval fortress or walled town.
Usage examples:
The fortified burg was a centre of early growth

Burg - all meanings in English

burgh

noun
A borough or chartered town.
Usage examples:
Towns could be burghs of barony under a feudal superior.

Burgh - all meanings in English

conurbation

noun
An extended urban area, typically consisting of several towns merging with the suburbs of a central city.
Usage examples:
The major conurbations of london and birmingham

noun
A large area including several different cities or large towns that have all grown so much that they are now connected to each other
Usage examples:
The largest urban conurbation in scotland is centred around glasgow.

Conurbation - all meanings in English

megalopolis

noun
A very large, heavily populated city or urban complex.
Usage examples:
A dizzying megalopolis ablaze with neon

noun
An extremely large city or urban (= city) area where a lot of people live
Usage examples:
Today shenzhen is a megalopolis of 13 million people., the landscape will just become one undiffere…

Megalopolis - all meanings in English

metropolis

noun
The capital or chief city of a country or region.
Usage examples:
He preferred the peaceful life of the countryside to the bustle of the metropolis

noun
A large city, esp. the main city of a country or region
Usage examples:
Chicago is a major metropolis.

noun
A very large city, often the most important city in a large area
Usage examples:
Houston, the fourth most populous us city, is a sprawling metropolis., as the world's first great i…

Metropolis - all meanings in English

municipality

noun
A town or district that has local government.
Usage examples:
Voters in each municipality choose between four candidates

noun
A city or town with its own local government, or this local government itself

noun
A city or town that has its own government
Usage examples:
The smoking ban that started in 13 municipalities in new mexico, including santa fe and albuquerque…

Municipality - all meanings in English

town

taʊn

noun
A built-up area with a name, defined boundaries, and local government, that is larger than a village and generally smaller than a city.
Usage examples:
The hotel is eight miles from the nearest town

noun
A place where there are a lot of houses, stores, and other buildings which is smaller than a city
Usage examples:
[ c ] he was born in the small town of elnora, indiana., [ u ] we stayed at the best hotel in town.…

noun
A place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than a city
Usage examples:
A seaside/coastal town, a fishing/mining/industrial town, he was born in the small town of castlefo…

Town - all meanings in English

wen

noun
A boil or other swelling or growth on the skin, especially a sebaceous cyst.
Usage examples:
Throughout the sermon that morning, inman sat staring at ada's neck and listening as monroe repeate…

noun
Old-fashioned spelling of wynn.

Wen - all meanings in English

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