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city
What does city mean?
city (noun): a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce city?
/ˈsɪti/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does city come from?
Inherited from Middle English cite, derived from Old French cite, derived from Late Latin cīvitātem (“city”), in Classical Latin "citizenry", derived from cīvis (“fellow-citizen”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of city?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “city” mean?
an item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs
Not quite: that's what table means.
disbelief or uncertainty (about something); a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty
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a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
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one of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided
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Which word is closest in meaning to “city”?
population
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metropolis
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department
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difference
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