City

See also: city

English

Proper noun

City

1. (UK, with the definite article) The City of London, the historic core of London where the Roman settlement of Londinium was established.
2. (UK, with the definite article) The United Kingdom's financial industries, which are principally based in the City of London.
3. (New York, with the definite article) The borough of Manhattan, the historic core of New York.
4. (with the definite article) Any of several other cities in metropolitan areas (such as San Francisco).
5. (soccer, informal) Manchester City Football Club, an English football club.

   City will reportedly look to have a fee for Aguero.

Synonyms

• (City of London): the Square Mile

Related terms

• (London) Hammersmith & City

Translations

UK financial sector

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 倫敦城, 伦敦城 (Lúndūn chéng) (City of London), 西堤區, 西堤区 (Xīdī qū)

• French: City (fr) f
• Georgian: ლონდონის სიტი (londonis siṭi), სიტი (siṭi)

• Japanese: シティ (Shiti)
• Korean: 시티 (Siti)
• Macedonian: Сити n (Siti)
• Russian: Си́ти m (Síti)

Anagrams

• ICTY

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

City f

1. (finance, with definite article) the City

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German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English city.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪti/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

City f (genitive City, plural Citys)

1. (colloquial) city center, downtown, central business district

   Synonyms: Innenstadt, Stadtmitte, Stadtzentrum

   Wir fahren heute Nachmittag in die City.

   We’re going downtown this afternoon.

Declension

Declension of City [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	City	die	Citys
genitive	einer	der	City	der	Citys
dative	einer	der	City	den	Citys
accusative	eine	die	City	die	Citys

Further reading

• “City” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “City” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “City” in Duden online