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    [Noun]  | "city" | \ ˈsi-tē \


    1: an inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town or village

    2: an incorporated British town usually of major size or importance having the status of an episcopal see

    3: the financial district of London


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English citie large or small town, from Anglo-French cité, from Medieval Latin civitat-, civitas, from Latin, citizenship, state, city of Rome, from civis citizen {mat|hind|};

    [Noun]  | "central city" 


    1: a city that constitutes the densely populated center of a metropolitan area —called also core city


    Origin: 1950 ;

    [Noun]  | "core city" 


    1: central city


    Origin: 1965 ;

    [Noun]  | "edge city" 


    1: a suburb that has developed its own political, economic, and commercial base independent of the central city


    Origin: 1988 ;

    [Noun]  | "free city" 


    1: a self-governing city or city-state usually possessing sovereign power: such as

    2: an Italian city-state of the 11th century and later

    3: certain cities of Germany since the 13th century having free institutions


    Origin: 1575 ;

    [Noun]  | "garden city" 


    1: a planned residential community with park and planted areas


    Origin: 1898 ;

    [Noun]  | "independent city" 


    1: a city in the state of Virginia having a status equivalent to that of a county


    Origin: 1911 ;

    [Noun]  | "inner city" 


    1: the usually older, poorer, and more densely populated central section of a city


    Origin: 1958 ;

    [Geographical name]  | "Quad Cities" | \ ˈkwäd \


    1: the cities of Davenport, Iowa, and East Moline, Moline, and Rock Island, Illinois —by some, considered to include Bettendorf, Iowa, instead of East Moline

    [Geographical name]  | "Twin Cities" 


    1: the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota

    [Noun]  | "cities" 


    1: a thickly settled, highly populated area;


      * e.g., " ... commuters who drive every day between their homes in the suburbs and their jobs in the city "



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    [Noun]  | "city" 


    1: a thickly settled, highly populated area;


      * e.g., " ... commuters who drive every day between their homes in the suburbs and their jobs in the city "



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    [Noun]  | "central cities" 


    [Noun]  | "core cities" 


    [Noun]  | "edge cities" 


    [Noun]  | "garden cities" 


    [Noun]  | "inner cities" 


     [ "The City" ]

    1: local term for San Francisco, only used by people who live in the Bay Area.

      * e.g.,  ... all I did over the weekend was stay in The City and eat Dim Sum 

     [ "The City" ]

    1: Another way of saying San Francisco.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm going to the city today. 

     [ "city" ]

    1: A place to live, usually with corrupt mayors and lots of pollution. The real world is only in the city, not on Ole McD's Farm.

      * e.g.,  ... I live in a city and i pay high taxes and have lung cancer from car fumes. 

     [ "The City" ]

    1: Nickname for San Francisco. Sometimes also called "San Fran", but the local residents hate it when someone refers to it as "'Frisco". A wonderful city for all, with steep hilly streets, among other things.

      * e.g.,  ... Jeremy: Let's check out The City and see Lombard Street. It's the Crookedest Street in the World. After that we can get on a ferry and visit Alcatraz. Then we can have a pizza. 

     [ "city" ]

    1:  A large urban area, with many buildings are people. An area with over 100,000 people is called a city.

      * e.g.,  ... Philadelphia is a large city. 


     [ "city" ]

    2:  Occuring in, or relating to a large urban area, as in city streets.

      * e.g.,  ... It's garbage city in here! Look at all the trash! 


     [ "city" ]

    3:  A large quantity of something. usually used in the expression "It's X city (in here).


     [ "city" ]

    4: For example It's snow city would mean there's a lot of snow

     [ "-City" ]

    1: adj., A way to say something possesses a distinguishing attribute exceedingly; that it is just even more than regular.

      * e.g.,  ... -City turns existing words into the same word with a much stronger definition 

     [ "The City" ]

    1: San Francisco...is THE CITY in the bay area...known as THE SCO, FRiSCO etc. etc.

      * e.g.,  ... ay we finna hit the city right quick 

     [ "The City" ]

    1: Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Milwaukee is the hidden jewel of the Upper Midwest, and an urban thug's paradise.

      * e.g.,  ... After thugging around the North Shore, we hit up The City for some quality bbq at J.T. Bones. 

     [ "city" ]

    1: a term used to emphasize the amount of something.

      * e.g.,  ... Stanford is ugly bitch city! The hottest cheerleader here is still only a 5! 

     [ "the city" ]

    1: An urban area with entertainment and a downtown. Different place depending on where youl ive, if you live in NY or NJ the city means Manhttan, if you live in the Bay Area it means San Fran or Oakland. If you live in Illinois you'd prolly call Chicago the city.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm going to the city this weekend 

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