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City Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of City? [n] people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the city voted for Republicans in 1994" [n] [n] an incorporated administrative district established by state charter; "the city raised the tax rate" Synonyms \| Synonyms for City: metropolis \| metropolis \| urban center Related Terms \| Find terms related to City: archbishopric \| archdiocese \| arrondissement \| bailiwick \| banlieue \| barrio \| bishopric \| black ghetto \| blighted area \| boom town \| borough \| bourg \| Bowery \| burg \| burgh \| burghal \| business district \| canton \| central city \| Chinatown \| citified \| city center \| civic \| commune \| congressional district \| constablewick \| conurbation \| core \| county \| departement \| diocese \| district \| downtown \| duchy \| East End \| East Side \| electoral district \| electorate \| exurb \| exurbia \| faubourg \| ghetto \| ghost town \| government \| greater city \| greenbelt \| hamlet \| hundred \| inner city \| interurban \| Kreis \| Little Hungary \| Little Italy \| magistracy \| market town \| megalopolis \| metropolis \| metropolitan \| metropolitan area \| midtown \| municipal \| municipality \| oblast \| okrug \| oppidan \| outskirts \| parish \| polis \| precinct \| principality \| province \| red-light district \| region \| residential district \| riding \| run-down neighborhood \| see \| sheriffalty \| sheriffwick \| shire \| shopping center \| shrievalty \| skid road \| skid row \| slum \| slums \| soke \| spread city \| Stadt \| stake \| state \| suburb \| suburban \| suburbia \| suburbs \| tenderloin \| tenement district \| territory \| town \| township \| uptown \| urban \| urban blight \| urban complex \| urban sprawl \| urbs \| village \| ville \| wapentake \| ward \| West End \| West Side See Also \| Abidjan \| Acapulco \| Acapulco de Juarez \| administrative district \| administrative division \| Antofagasta \| Aspinwall \| Cali \| Campeche \| Cancun \| Canton \| Cartagena \| central city \| Changan \| chihuahua \| Chongqing \| Chungking \| city center \| city district \| city limit \| city limits \| Ciudad Juarez \| Ciudad Victoria \| civic center \| Colon \| Concepcion \| concrete jungle \| Constantine \| Cordoba \| Cordova \| Culiacan \| Douala \| down town \| Dunkerque \| Dunkirk \| Durazzo \| Durres \| Elisabethville \| Fengtien \| financial center \| Guangzhou \| Hamilton \| Hangchow \| Hangzhou \| Hong Kong \| Hsian \| hub \| inner city \| Juarez \| Kananga \| Kandy \| Kuangchou \| Kwangchow \| Lanchou \| Lanchow \| Lanzhou \| Loyang \| Lubumbashi \| Luluabourg \| Luoyang \| Mandalay \| Medellin \| medical center \| Merida \| Moukden \| Mukden \| municipal center \| municipality \| municipality \| Nanchang \| Nan-chang \| Nanjing \| Nanking \| Nanning \| Nan-ning \| Oran \| Philippopolis \| Plovdiv \| public square \| Punta Arenas \| San Pedro Sula \| Santa Ana \| Shanghai \| Shenyang \| Sian \| Singan \| square \| Taichung \| territorial division \| Tianjin \| T'ien-ching \| Tientsin \| uptown \| Valparaiso \| Vina del Mar \| Xian City In Webster's Dictionary \Cit"y\, n.; pl. {Cities}. [OE. cite, F. cit?, fr. L. civitas citizenship, state, city, fr. civis citizen; akin to Goth. heiwa (in heiwafrauja man of the house), AS. ?, pl., members of a family, servants, ? family, G. heirath marriage, prop., providing a house, E. hind a peasant.] 1. A large town. 2. 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. A city is a town incorporated; which is, or has been, the see of a bishop; and though the bishopric has been dissolved, as at Westminster, it yet remaineth a city. --Blackstone When Gorges constituted York a city, he of course meant it to be the seat of a bishop, for the word city has no other meaning in English law. --Palfrey 3. The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city. ``What is the city but the people?'' --Shak. Syn: See {Village}. \Cit"y\, a. Of or pertaining to a city. --Shak. {City council}. See under {Council}. {City court}, The municipal court of a city. [U. S.] {City ward}, a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a city. [Obs.] --Fairfax.

City Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of City?

[n] people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the city voted for Republicans in 1994"
[n]
[n] an incorporated administrative district established by state charter; "the city raised the tax rate"

Synonyms | Synonyms for City: metropolis | metropolis | urban center

City In Webster's Dictionary

\Cit"y\, n.; pl. {Cities}. [OE. cite, F. cit?, fr. L.
civitas citizenship, state, city, fr. civis citizen; akin to
Goth. heiwa (in heiwafrauja man of the house), AS. ?, pl.,
members of a family, servants, ? family, G. heirath marriage,
prop., providing a house, E. hind a peasant.]
1. A large town.

2. 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.

         A city is a town incorporated; which is, or has
         been, the see of a bishop; and though the bishopric
         has been dissolved, as at Westminster, it yet
         remaineth a city.                     --Blackstone

         When Gorges constituted York a city, he of course
         meant it to be the seat of a bishop, for the word
         city has no other meaning in English law. --Palfrey

3. The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city.
   ``What is the city but the people?'' --Shak.

Syn: See {Village}.


\Cit"y\, a.
Of or pertaining to a city. --Shak.

{City council}. See under {Council}.

{City court}, The municipal court of a city. [U. S.]

{City ward}, a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a
   city. [Obs.] --Fairfax.

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