sister city

English

Noun

sister city (plural sister cities)

1. A foreign city with which a city has a declared relationship of cordiality.

   Placetown and Machinville are sister cities in England and France.

Translations

city in a relationship of cordiality

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 友好城市 (yǒuhǎo chéngshì), 姐妹城市 (jiěmèi chéngshì), 姊妹城市 (zǐmèi chéngshì), 姐妹市 (jiěmèishì), 姊妹市 (zǐmèishì), 姐妹城 (jiěmèichéng), 姊妹城 (zǐmèichéng), 兄弟市 (xiōngdìshì)

• Danish: venskabsby c
• Esperanto: ĝemelurbo
• Estonian: sõpruslinn
• Finnish: ystävyyskaupunki (fi)
• French: ville jumelée f
• German: Partnerstadt f
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• Icelandic: vinabær m
• Japanese: 姉妹都市 (しまいとし, shimai-toshi)
• Kazakh: бауырлас қала (bauyrlas qala)
• Macedonian: збратимен град m (zbratimen grad)
• Mongolian: ах дүү хот (ax düü xot)
• Portuguese: cidade irmã f
• Russian: го́род-побрати́м (ru) m (górod-pobratím)
• Spanish: ciudad hermana f
• Swedish: vänort (sv) c

See also

• to twin