city
See also: City
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English cite, from Old French cite, from Late Latin cīvitātem (“city”), in Classical Latin "citizenry", derived from cīvis (“fellow-citizen”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“lie down; settle”). Cognate with Old English hīwan pl (“members of one's household, servants”). See hewe. Doublet of civitas. Mostly displaced native Old English burg, whence Modern English borough.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈsɪti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [ˈsɪtʰiː]
Audio (UK): (file) - (Northern England, Conservative RP) IPA(key): /sɪtɪ/
- (US, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsɪti/, [ˈsɪɾi]
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file)
- Hyphenation: ci‧ty
- Rhymes: -ɪti
Noun
editcity (plural cities)
- A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
- São Paulo is the largest city in South America.
- c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 147, column 2:
- Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?
- 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- 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.
- 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
- One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
- 2020 July 15, Mike Brown talks to Paul Clifton, “Leading London's "hidden heroes"”, in Rail, page 42:
- All our stations have changed. We have to constrain numbers. We have to mandate face coverings. These are massive changes in what is a public transport city. This is not a car city.
- (UK) 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.
- (Australia) The central business district; downtown.
- I'm going into the city today to do some shopping.
- (slang) A large amount of something (used after the noun).
- It’s video game city in here!
Hypernyms
editDerived terms
edit- 15-minute city
- agrocity
- alpha city
- anticity
- beta city
- capital city
- caravan city
- cardboard city
- cathedral city
- central city
- cidiot
- citaye
- citied
- citification
- citify
- citizen
- city administrator
- city and county
- city banker
- city block
- citybound
- city boy
- city break
- city-builder
- city-building game
- city bus
- citybus
- city center
- city centre
- citycentric
- city chicken
- city clerk
- city council
- city desk
- city district
- city-dweller
- city dweller
- city father
- cityful
- city gent
- city girl
- city hall
- cityhood
- cityish
- cityite
- cityless
- city lights
- citylike
- city limit(s)
- city line
- cityman
- city man
- city manager
- city map
- citymate
- cityness
- City of Los Angeles
- city of refuge
- city of seven hills
- city on a hill
- city planning
- city pop
- city proper
- city room
- cityscape
- cityship
- cityside
- city sim
- city simulator
- city slicker
- city-state
- city state
- city symphony
- city technology college
- City Terrace
- city titty
- city upon a hill
- city wall
- cityward
- citywards
- city water
- citywear
- citywide
- closed city
- control city
- core city
- cosmological city
- countercity
- county-level city
- cross-city
- cybercity
- donut city
- doughnut city
- eco-city
- ecocity
- edge city
- fat city
- federal city
- first city
- free city
- freedom of the city
- free imperial city
- free of the city
- gamma city
- garden city
- GeoCity
- gigabit city
- gigacity
- Hanseatic city
- hero city
- hidden city
- holy city
- host city
- independent city
- inner city, inner-city
- intercity
- intracity
- Jade City
- key to the city
- megacity
- metropolitan city
- microcity
- million city
- minicity
- monocity
- noncity
- open city
- port city
- prefecture-level city
- principal city
- province-level city
- pseudo-city code
- sanctuary city
- satellite city
- second city
- sister city
- smart city
- sponge city
- star city
- star-city
- state-level city
- subcity
- supercity
- Swea City
- the city
- the city of a thousand windows
- Tricity
- twin city
- uncity
- undercity
Place names ending in City
- Adams City
- Alabama City
- Aladdin City
- Alberta City
- Alexander City
- Amador City
- Amelia City
- Archer City
- Arkansas City
- Ashland City
- Atlantic City
- Bay City
- Beaver City
- Belize City
- Bibb City
- Big Bear City
- Bluff City
- Boise City
- Border City
- Bow City
- Bradshaw City
- Brandy City
- Branson City
- Brigham City
- Buffalo City
- Bullhead City
- Butte City
- Cactus City
- California City
- Cañon City
- Canyon City
- Capitol City
- Cascade City
- Cathedral City
- Cave City
- Center City
- Central City
- Charles City
- Cherokee City
- Circle City
- City of Industry
- Clair-Mel City
- Clay City
- Coal City
- Cole City
- Coleman City
- College City
- Colorado City
- Columbia City
- Commerce City
- Connected City
- Contention City
- Cooper City
- Copper City
- Crescent City
- Cross City
- Crystal City
- Culver City
- Dade City
- Dain City
- Dakota City
- Dallas City
- Daly City
- Date City
- David City
- Dawson City
- Deem City
- Delaware City
- Diamond City
- Dickerson City
- Dodge City
- Dominion City
- Douglas City
- Duke City
- Duncan City
- Elk City
- Ellicott City
- Emory City
- Everglades City
- Farmer City
- Floral City
- Florida City
- Forbidden City
- Ford City
- Forest City
- Forrest City
- Foster City
- Frisco City
- Frog City
- Garden City
- Gary City
- Gibson City
- GIFT City
- Gila City
- Gin City
- Granite City
- Grove City
- Haines City
- Hall City
- Haltom City
- Hamilton City
- Harbor City
- Harris City
- Hartford City
- Highland City
- Highway City
- Hill City
- Hobson City
- Holy City
- Holy Cross City
- Huachuca City
- Ice City
- Intercession City
- Iowa City
- Iretaba City
- Iron City
- Ivy City
- Jacob City
- Jaeger City
- Jefferson City
- Jersey City
- Jewett City
- Johnson City
- Joseph City
- Junction City
- Kansas City
- Kaw City
- Kenneth City
- Kerr City
- Kettleman City
- King City
- Knox City
- Lagoon City
- Lake City
- Lake Havasu City
- Lardeau City
- Leisure City
- Lincoln City
- Little Lake City
- Long Island City
- Lost City
- Loup City
- Lumber City
- Luxembourg City
- Marin City
- Mexico City
- Midland City
- Midway City
- Miles City
- Minto City
- Mission City
- Missouri City
- Mojave City
- Mokelumne City
- Mono City
- Montgomery City
- Morgan City
- Motor City
- Mound City
- Mountain City
- Moyie City
- Muck City
- Myakka City
- National City
- Nebraska City
- Ness City
- Nevada City
- New York City
- Nitrate City
- Ocean City
- Ohio City
- Oklahoma City
- Olive City
- Omineca City
- Orange City
- Orchard City
- Oregon City
- Oro City
- Osage City
- Palm City
- Panama City
- Panamint City
- Panorama City
- Pawnee City
- Peachtree City
- Pebble City
- Pecan City
- Pell City
- Phenix City
- Pinal City
- Pincher City
- Pine City
- Plant City
- Plaster City
- Polk City
- Ponca City
- Poudre City
- Quebec City
- Queen City
- Quezon City
- Rainbow City
- Raisin City
- Rapid City
- Ray City
- Redwood City
- Reece City
- Reed City
- Rio Grande City
- Rockwell City
- Rogers City
- Sac City
- Sale City
- Salt Lake City
- Salton City
- Sampson City
- Sand City
- San Joaquin City
- Sardis City
- Scant City
- Scott City
- Shake City
- Sierra City
- Silver City
- Similkameen City
- Sioux City
- Slab City
- Spar City
- Sparkle City
- Spicer City
- Star City
- Stirling City
- St. James City
- Strong City
- Studio City
- Sugar City
- Suisun City
- Sulphur City
- Sun City
- Surf City
- Tahoe City
- Tate City
- Tawas City
- Telegraph City
- Tell City
- Temple City
- Texas City
- Tin City
- Tipp City
- Traverse City
- Tuba City
- Tunnel City
- Twin City
- Union City
- University City
- Uranium City
- Valley City
- Vatican City
- Villa City
- Volcanic City
- Vulture City
- Webster City
- West Valley City
- White City
- Wolfe City
- Yazoo City
- Y City
- Yuba City
- Zama City
- Zip City
English terms starting with “city”
Related terms
editDescendants
editTranslations
editlarge settlement
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large amount of something
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- "city" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 55.
Anagrams
editCzech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcity
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcity
- (anglicism) Synonym of liikekeskusta (“central business district”)
Declension
editInflection of city (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | city | cityt | |
genitive | cityn | cityjen | |
partitive | cityä | cityjä | |
illative | cityyn | cityihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | city | cityt | |
accusative | nom. | city | cityt |
gen. | cityn | ||
genitive | cityn | cityjen | |
partitive | cityä | cityjä | |
inessive | cityssä | cityissä | |
elative | citystä | cityistä | |
illative | cityyn | cityihin | |
adessive | cityllä | cityillä | |
ablative | cityltä | cityiltä | |
allative | citylle | cityille | |
essive | citynä | cityinä | |
translative | cityksi | cityiksi | |
abessive | cityttä | cityittä | |
instructive | — | cityin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
edit- compounds
Italian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English city. Doublet of città.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcity f (invariable)
- city (financial district of a city)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ city in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Middle English
editNoun
editcity
- Alternative form of cite
Swedish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editcity n
- 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
- 1991, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist, Eva Lindblad (lyrics and music), “Sommaren i city [The summer in the city]”[1]performed by Angel:
- Sommaren i city, 1990. Kommer du ihåg mig? Minns du vad som hände? Minns du vad du sa när du träffade mig? Kommer du ihåg mig? 1990, sommaren i city. Minns du var vi var? Och minns du vad vi sa?
- The summer in the city, 1990. Do you remember me? Do you remember what happened? Do you remember what you said when you met me? Do you remember me? 1990, the summer in the city. Do you remember where we were? And do you remember what we said?
Usage notes
edit- centrum is used for the commercial centre of suburbs and small or medium-sized towns.
Synonyms
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- English terms derived from Old French
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- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɪti
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- British English
- Australian English
- English slang
- en:Places
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- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech non-lemma forms
- Czech noun forms
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with C
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Italian terms borrowed from English
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- Italian terms derived from English
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- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/iti
- Rhymes:Italian/iti/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian terms spelled with Y
- Italian feminine nouns
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Swedish terms borrowed from English
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- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- Swedish terms with quotations