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English

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Etymology

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Inherited fromMiddle Englishcite,derived fromOld Frenchcite,derived fromLate Latincīvitātem(“city”), inClassical Latin "citizenry", derived fromcīvis(“fellow-citizen”), ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*ḱey-(“lie down; settle”). Cognate withOld Englishhīwan pl(“members of one's household, servants”). Seehewe.Doublet ofcivitas. Mostly displaced nativeOld Englishburg, whenceModern Englishborough.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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city (pluralcities)

Part of New York City, a largecity with many tall buildings.
Despite its small size, Wells is acity because of its cathedral.
  2. A largesettlement, bigger than atown; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
    São Paulo is the largestcity in South America.
    • c.1591–1592 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene i],page147, column 2:
      Ah, knovv you not theCitie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?
    • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, inZollenstein, 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 littlecity; thecity of one's dreams.
    • 2013 September 7, “The multiplexed metropolis”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8852:
      But clevercities will not necessarily be better ones.
    • 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, inThe Economist, volume411, number8891:
      One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating acity’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"”, inRail, page42:
      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 transportcity. This is not a carcity.
    • 2022 October 17, Ivana Kottasová, “‘Kamikaze’ drones are the latest threat for Ukraine. Here’s what we know”, inCNN‎[1]:
      The Ukrainian government says Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and othercities have suffered a barrage of drone attacks, and pleaded with Western countries to step up their assistance in the face of the new challenge.[…] But Ukraine claimed its forces had shot down one of these drones for the first time last month near thecity of Kupyansk in Kharkiv.
  3. (UK, historical in Ireland and Commonwealth) A settlement granted special status by royal charter orletters patent; traditionally, a settlement with acathedral regardless of size.
    • 1976, Cornelius P. Darcy,The Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Lancashire, 1760-1860, Manchester University Press,→ISBN, page20:
      Manchester, incorporated in 1838, was made the centre of a bishopric in 1847 and became acity in 1853. Liverpool was transformed into acity 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, page307:
      St Davids itself is the smallestcity in Great Britain, with a population of less than 2,000.
  4. (Australia) Thecentral business district;downtown.
    I'm going into thecity today to do some shopping.
  5. (slang) A large amount of something(used after the noun).
    It’s video gamecity in here!

Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Place names ending inCity

English terms starting with “city”

Related terms

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Descendants

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Translations

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large settlement
settlement granted special status
central business district, downtown—seecentral business district,‎downtown
large amount of something

See also

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Further reading

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

Anagrams

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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city

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumentalplural ofcit

Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishcity.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsiti/,[ˈs̠it̪i]
  • Rhymes:-iti
  • Syllabification(key):ci‧ty
  • Hyphenation(key):ci‧ty

Noun

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city

  2. synonym ofliikekeskusta(“central business district”)(central area of a city)

Declension

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Inflection ofcity (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominativecitycityt
genitivecityncityjen
partitivecityäcityjä
illativecityyncityihin
singularplural
nominativecitycityt
accusativenom.citycityt
gen.cityn
genitivecityncityjen
partitivecityäcityjä
inessivecityssäcityissä
elativecitystäcityistä
illativecityyncityihin
adessivecitylläcityillä
ablativecityltäcityiltä
allativecityllecityille
essivecitynäcityinä
translativecityksicityiksi
abessivecityttäcityittä
instructive—cityin
comitativeSee the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms ofcity(Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singularplural
nominativecitynicityni
accusativenom.citynicityni
gen.cityni
genitivecitynicityjeni
partitivecityänicityjäni
inessivecityssänicityissäni
elativecitystänicityistäni
illativecityynicityihini
adessivecityllänicityilläni
ablativecityltänicityiltäni
allativecityllenicityilleni
essivecitynänicityinäni
translativecityksenicityikseni
abessivecityttänicityittäni
instructive——
comitative—cityineni
second-person singular possessor
singularplural
nominativecitysicitysi
accusativenom.citysicitysi
gen.citysi
genitivecitysicityjesi
partitivecityäsicityjäsi
inessivecityssäsicityissäsi
elativecitystäsicityistäsi
illativecityysicityihisi
adessivecitylläsicityilläsi
ablativecityltäsicityiltäsi
allativecityllesicityillesi
essivecitynäsicityinäsi
translativecityksesicityiksesi
abessivecityttäsicityittäsi
instructive——
comitative—cityinesi
second-person plural possessor
singularplural
nominativecitynnecitynne
accusativenom.citynnecitynne
gen.citynne
genitivecitynnecityjenne
partitivecityännecityjänne
inessivecityssännecityissänne
elativecitystännecityistänne
illativecityynnecityihinne
adessivecityllännecityillänne
ablativecityltännecityiltänne
allativecityllennecityillenne
essivecitynännecityinänne
translativecityksennecityiksenne
abessivecityttännecityittänne
instructive——
comitative—cityinenne

Derived terms

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishcity.Doublet ofcittà.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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city f (invariable)

  1. city (financial district of a city)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^city inLuciano Canepari,Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Middle English

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Noun

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city

  1. alternative form ofcite

Swedish

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SwedishWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishcity.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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city n

  1. inner city, the commercialcentre of a medium-sized or larger city
    Lite närmarecity, i närheten av konstmuseet, ligger Norrköpings mest attraktiva lägenheter
    A little closer tothe town centre, next to the art museum, you'll find Norrköping's most attractive apartments
    Det finns mycket att förbättra i vårtcity
    There are many things that need improvement in ourinner city
    • 1991,Bobby Ljunggren,Håkan Almqvist, Eva Lindblad, “Sommaren icity [[The] summer in thecity]”‎[2]performed byAngel:
      Sommaren icity 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 icity? Minns du var vi var? Och minns du vad vi sa?
      [The] summer in thecity ["Sommar i city" would literally be "summer in the city," but "the summer in the city" sounds a bit unidiomatic], 1990 ["in 1990" – Swedish skips the "in"] – 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 thecity? Do you remember where we were? And do you remember what we said?

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

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References

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