Definition of city City
/sɪˈti/ - [sitee] - Cit•y
We found 13 definitions of city from 7 different sources.
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What does city mean?
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NounPlural: cities |
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| city - a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city" | ||
| metropolis, urban center | ||
| municipality people living in a town or city having local self-government | ||
| concrete jungle an area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant | ||
| central city, city center, city centre the central part of a city | ||
| financial center the part of a city where financial institutions are centered | ||
| down town, municipal center, civic center the center of a city | ||
| inner city the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city | ||
| medical center the part of a city where medical facilities are centered | ||
| national capital the capital city of a nation | ||
| provincial capital the capital city of a province | ||
| state capital the capital city of a political subdivision of a country | ||
| city - an incorporated administrative district established by state charter; "the city raised the tax rate" | ||
| administrative district, administrative division, territorial division a district defined for administrative purposes | ||
| city district a district of a town or city | ||
| city limit, city limits the limits of the area occupied by a city or town | ||
| uptown a residential part of town away from the central commercial district | ||
| city - people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the city voted for Republicans in 1994" | ||
| metropolis | ||
| municipality people living in a town or city having local self-government | ||
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Wiktionary 
- city (Noun)
A large settlement, bigger than a town. - city (Noun)
The central business district ; downtown.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- city (n.)
A large town. - city (n.)
A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see. - city (n.)
The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city. - city (a.)
Of or pertaining to a city.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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city
Term used generically today to denote any urban form but applied particularly to large urban settlements. There are, however, no agreed definitions to separate a city from the large metropolis or the smaller town.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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city
sit′i, n. a large town: a town with a corporation.—n.pl. Cit′y-commis′sioners, officials who attend to the drainage, &c.—n. Cit′y-mis′sion, a mission for evangelising the poor classes in the large cities.—adj. Civ′ic, pertaining to a city or citizen.—City of God, Heavenly city, &c., the ideal of the Church of Christ in glory; City of refuge, by the Jewish law a city where the perpetrator of an accidental murder might flee for refuge.—Eternal city, Rome; Holy city, Jerusalem.—The City, The City of London, that part of London where business is principally carried on. [Fr. cité, a city—L. civitas, the state—civis, a citizen.]
Wikipedia 
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A city is a place where many people live together. A city has many buildings and streets. It has houses or apartments for many people to live, shops where they may buy things, places for people to work and a government organisation to run the city, and to keep law and order in the city. Many people live in cities because it is easy for them to find and do the things they want there. A city usually has a "city centre" where government and business take place, and places called suburbs where people live around the outside of the centre.
What makes a city?
There is no rule that is used all over the world to decide why some places are called "city" and other places are called "town".
In American English, people often call all places cities. (See below: Size of cities)
Size of cities.
The sizes of cities can be very different. This depends on the type of city it is. Cities that were built hundreds of years ago and which have not changed much, are very much smaller than modern cities. There are two main reasons. One is because old cities often have a city wall, and most of the city is inside it. Another important reason is because the streets in old cities are often narrow. If the city got too big, it was hard for a cart carrying food to get to the market place. People in cities need food, and the food always has to come from outside the city. Cities that were on a river like London could grow much bigger than cities that were on a mountain like Siena in Italy, because the river ma
Part of speech
🔤- city, noun, singular of cities.
- city, adjective.
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