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Alternative forms [edit]
- cyte (13th - 16th centuries)
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English cite, from Old French cité, from Latin cīvitās (“a union of citizens, a citizenry”). Displaced native Middle English burgh, borough (“fortified place, city”) (Modern English borough) and sted, stede (“place, city”) (Modern English stead).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈsɪti/, (North of England) IPA: /sɪtɪ/ X-SAMPA: /"sIti/
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- Rhymes: -ɪti
- Hyphenation: cit‧y
city (plural cities)
- A large settlement, bigger than a town.
- Buenos Aires is the city with the largest population in South America.
- (Australia) The central business district; downtown.
- I'm going into the city today to do some shopping.
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from the above definition of "city"
Look at pages starting with city.
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
large settlement
- Abkhaz: ақалақь (ab) (aķalaķ')
- Afrikaans: stad (af)
- Albanian: qytet (sq)
- Amharic: ከተማ (am) (kätäma)
- Arabic: مدينة (ar) (madīna) f
- Egyptian Arabic: مدينة (madīna) f
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܡܕܝܢܬܐ (mdītā, mdīto) f, ܟܪܟܐ (karkā, karko) m
- Hebrew: מדינתא (mdītā, mdīto) f, כרכא (karkā, karko) m
- Armenian: քաղաք (hy) (k'aġak')
- Aromanian: cãsãbã (rup) f
- Asturian: ciudá (ast) f
- Azeri: şəhər (az)
- Bashkir: ҡала (qala)
- Basque: hiri (eu)
- Belarusian: горад (be) (hórad) m
- Bengali: শহর (bn) (shôhôr), নগর (bn) (nôgôr)
- Breton: keoded (br) f, keodedoù (br) pl, kêr (br) f, kêrioù (br) pl
- Bulgarian: град (bg) (grad) m
- Burmese: မြို့ (my) (myo.)
- Catalan: ciutat (ca) f
- Chamicuro: chi'nashtalichi
- Chechen: гӀала (ġala)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 城市 (cmn) (chéngshì), (component) 城 (cmn) (chéng)
- Chuvash: хула (xula)
- Crimean Tatar: şeer
- Czech: město (cs) n, velkoměsto (cs) n
- Dalmatian: cituot f
- Danish: by (da)
- Dhivehi: ޝަހަރު (dv) (shahura)
- Dutch: stad (nl) f
- Erzya: ош
- Esperanto: urbo (eo), civito (eo)
- Estonian: linn (et)
- Faroese: býur (fo) m
- Finnish: kaupunki (fi)
- French: ville (fr) f, cité (fr) f
- Old French: cité f
- Friulian: citât f
- Galician: cidade (gl) f
- Georgian: დიდი ქალაქი (ka) (didi k‘alak‘i), ქალაქი (ka) (k‘alak‘i)
- German: Stadt (de) f
- Greek:
- Ancient: πόλις (polis)
- Modern: πόλη (el) (póli) f, άστυ (el) (ásti) n, πολιτεία (el) (politía) f
- Guaraní: táva (gn)
- Gujarati: શહેર (gu) (śahēr), નગર (gu) (nagar)
- Haitian Creole: vil
- Hawaiian: kūlanakauhale
- Hebrew: עִיר (he) (ir) f
- Hindi: शहर (hi) (śahr) m, नगर (hi) (nagar)
- Hungarian: város (hu)
- Hunsrik: xtat
- Icelandic: borg (is) f
- Ido: urbo (io), civito (io)
- Indonesian: kota (id)
- Interlingua: citate (ia)
- Irish: cathair (ga) f
- Italian: città (it) f
- Japanese: 都市 (ja) (とし, toshi), 都会 (ja) (とかい, tokai), 町 (ja) (まち, machi) (e.g. 町で - "in the city")
- Javanese: khutha (jv)
- Kalmyk: балһсн (balghsn)
- Kannada: ನಗರ (kn) (nagara)
- Karachay-Balkar: шахар (şaxar)
- Kazakh: қала (kk) (qala)
- Khakas: саар (saar), город (gorod)
- Khmer: ទីក្រុង (km) (tii krong), បុរី (km) (borəy)
- Komi: кар
- Korean: 도시 (ko) (dosi) (都市 (ko)), 시내 (ko) (sinae) (市內 (ko))
- Kumyk: шагьар (şahar)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: شار (ku) (shAr)
- Kyrgyz: шаар (ky) (şaar)
- Lao: ຊຽງ (lo) (siang), ທານີ (lo) (taanii)
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- Latin: urbs (la) f, civitas (la) f
- Latvian: pilsēta (lv) f (or lielpilsēta (lv) f if the distinction between city and town is important)
- Leonese: ciudá f
- Lithuanian: miestas (lt)
- Lojban: tcadu (jbo)
- Lower Silesian: Stoadt
- Luxembourgish: Stad (lb)
- Macedonian: град (mk) (grád) m
- Maltese: belt (mt)
- Manx: ard-valley (gv) m
- Maori: taone nui (mi)
- Marathi: शहर (mr) (śahr), नगर (mr) (nagar)
- Mari: ола
- Moksha: ош (osh)
- Mongolian: хот (mn) (hot)
- Navajo: kin nitsaago dah naazhjaaʼígíí, kin haalʼá
- Norwegian: by (no) m
- Occitan: ciutat (oc) f
- Old English: burg (ang), burh (ang), ceaster (ang)
- Old Portuguese: cidade
- Oriya: ଚ୍ହି (or)
- Ossetian: сахар (sahar), горӕт (goræt)
- Pashto: ښار (ps) m
- Persian: شهر (fa) (šahr)
- Piedmontese: sità f
- Polish: miasto (pl) n
- Portuguese: cidade (pt) f, urbe (pt) f
- Punjabi: ਸ਼ਹਿਰ (pa) (śahir)
- Romanian: oraș (ro) n, cetate (ro) f, urbe (ro) f
- Romansch: citad (rm) f
- Russia Buryat: хото (hoto)
- Russian: город (ru) (górod) m
- Sanskrit: नगर (sa) (nágara) n
- Saterland Frisian: Stääd
- Scots: ceity, ceety
- Scottish Gaelic: baile mòr (gd) m, dùn (gd) m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: град (sh) m
- Roman: grad (sh) m
- Shor: тура (tura)
- Sichuan Yi: ꇓꈓ (lur kur)
- Silesian: mjasto
- Sinhalese: නගරය (si) (nagaraya)
- Skolt Sami: gåårad, lâ´nn
- Slovak: mesto (sk) n
- Slovene: mésto (sl) n
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: město n
- Upper Sorbian: město (hsb) n
- Southern Altai: кала (qala)
- Spanish: ciudad (es) f, urbe (es) f
- Swahili: mji (sw)
- Swedish: stad (sv) c
- Tagalog: lungsod (tl), syudad (tl)
- Tajik: шаҳр (tg) (šahr)
- Tamil: நகரம் (ta) (nakaram)
- Taos: plòso’óna
- Tatar: шәһәр (tt) (şähär), кала (tt) (qala)
- Telugu: నగరం (te) (nagaram)
- Tetum: sidade
- Thai: เมือง (th) (meuang), นคร (th) (nákon), กรุง (th) (groong)
- Tibetan: གྲོང་ཁྱེར་ (bo) (grong khyer), རྒྱལ་ས (bo) (rgyal sa)
- Turkish: kent (tr), şehir (tr)
- Turkmen: şäher (tk)
- Tuvan: хоорай (xooray)
- Udmurt: кар (kar)
- Ukrainian: місто (uk) (místo) n
- Urdu: شہر (ur) (śahr) m, نگر (ur) (nagar)
- Uzbek: shahar (uz)
- Vietnamese: thành phố (vi) (城埔 (vi)), thành (vi), phố (vi)
- Volapük: zif (vo)
- Welsh: caer (cy) f, dinas (cy) f
- West Frisian: stêd (fy) c
- Yakut: куорат (kuorat)
- Yiddish: שטאָט (yi) (shtot) f
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See also [edit]
Statistics [edit]
Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
English
city f (invariable)
- city (financial district of a city)
Derived terms [edit]
Swedish [edit]
city 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.
Usage notes [edit]
- centrum is used for the commercial centre of suburbs and small or medium-sized towns.
Synonyms [edit]
