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Type Words
Synonyms metropolis
Type of municipality
Derivation citify


the city voted for Republicans in 1994.
Type Words
Synonyms metropolis, urban center
Type of municipality
Has types state capital, provincial capital, national capital
Derivation citify


Ancient Troy was a great city.
Type Words
Type of territorial division, administrative division, administrative district


the city raised the tax rate.

Examples of city

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The city has an important decision to make regarding the future of the property.
From the dailyherald.com
The city should do its best to attract a similar caliber buyer for the property.
From the dailyherald.com
The law creating it prohibited the city from annexing into neighboring counties.
From the stltoday.com
The city of St. Louis would keep its own mayor and aldermen and fire department.
From the stltoday.com
During the workshop, they discussed ways for the city to bring in more business.
From the stltoday.com
His primary interests, he says, are in city living and the structure of society.
From the stltoday.com
The city suspended two other Trupiano clubs following underage drinking charges.
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The ordinance requires that items for pickup must be inside a city-provided bin.
From the stltoday.com
Muddy water is still sloshing through 400 houses and 150 businesses in the city.
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  • A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city"
  • An incorporated administrative district established by state charter; "the city raised the tax rate"
  • People living in a large densely populated municipality; "the city voted for Republicans in 1994"
  • City of London: the part of London situated within the ancient boundaries; the commercial and financial center of London
  • Used to allude to the securities industry of Great Britain
  • A city is a relatively large and permanent urban settlement.Goodall, B. (1987) The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. ...
  • CITY-TV is a television station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, owned and operated by Rogers Media. It is the flagship station of the Citytv television system.
  • City is a piece of earth art located in Garden Valley, a desert valley in rural Lincoln County in the U.S. state of Nevada, near the border with Nye County. The work was begun in 1972 by the artist Michael Heizer and is ongoing. ...
  • City is a German rock band, formed in East Berlin in 1972, best known for the song "Am Fenster" (At The Window or by the window) from its 1978 first album.