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English

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-der.
Proto-Italic *keiwis
Latin ceivis
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin ceivitās
Late Latin cīvitātem (city)
Old French citetbor.
Middle English cite
English city

    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”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“lie down; settle”). Cognate with Old English hīwan pl (“members of one's household, servants”). See hewe. Doublet of civitas. Mostly displaced native Old English burg, whence Modern English borough.

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    Noun

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    city (plural cities)

    Part of New York City, a large city with many tall buildings.
    Despite its small size, Wells is a city because of its cathedral.
    2. A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
      São Paulo is the largest city in South America.
      • c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 147, column 2:
        Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?
      • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
        So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
      • 2013 September 7, “The multiplexed metropolis”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8852:
        But clever cities will not necessarily be better ones.
      • 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
        One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
      • 2020 July 15, Mike Brown talks to Paul Clifton, “Leading London's "hidden heroes"”, in Rail, page 42:
        All our stations have changed. We have to constrain numbers. We have to mandate face coverings. These are massive changes in what is a public transport city. This is not a car city.
      • 2022 October 17, Ivana Kottasová, “‘Kamikaze’ drones are the latest threat for Ukraine. Here’s what we know”, in CNN‎[1]:
        The Ukrainian government says Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and other cities have suffered a barrage of drone attacks, and pleaded with Western countries to step up their assistance in the face of the new challenge. […] But Ukraine claimed its forces had shot down one of these drones for the first time last month near the city of Kupyansk in Kharkiv.
    3. (UK, historical in Ireland and Commonwealth) A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.
      • 1976, Cornelius P. Darcy, The Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Lancashire, 1760-1860, Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 20:
        Manchester, incorporated in 1838, was made the centre of a bishopric in 1847 and became a city in 1853. Liverpool was transformed into a city by Royal Charter when the new diocese of Liverpool was created in 1880.
      • 2014, Graham Rutt, Cycling Britain's Cathedrals Volume 1, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 307:
        St Davids itself is the smallest city in Great Britain, with a population of less than 2,000.
    4. (Australia) The central business district; downtown.
      I'm going into the city today to do some shopping.
    5. (slang) A large amount of something (used after the noun).
      It’s video game city in here!

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    Place names containing City

    English terms starting with “city”

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    Descendants

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    • → Dhivehi: ސިޓީ (siṭī)
    • → Finnish: city
    • → French: City
    • → German: City
    • ⇒ Interlingua: citate
    • → Italian: city
    • → Japanese: シティ (shiti)
    • → Korean: 시티 (siti)
    • → Swedish: city
    • → Russian: си́ти (síti)

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    Noun

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    city

    1. nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of cit

    Finnish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English city.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈsiti/, [ˈs̠it̪i]
    • Rhymes: -iti
    • Syllabification(key): ci‧ty
    • Hyphenation(key): ci‧ty

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    city

    2. synonym of liikekeskusta (“central business district”) (central area of a city)

    Declension

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    Inflection of city (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
    nominative city cityt
    genitive cityn cityjen
    partitive cityä cityjä
    illative cityyn cityihin
    singular plural
    nominative city cityt
    accusative nom. city cityt
    gen. cityn
    genitive cityn cityjen
    partitive cityä cityjä
    inessive cityssä cityissä
    elative citystä cityistä
    illative cityyn cityihin
    adessive cityllä cityillä
    ablative cityltä cityiltä
    allative citylle cityille
    essive citynä cityinä
    translative cityksi cityiksi
    abessive cityttä cityittä
    instructive — cityin
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of city (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative cityni cityni
    accusative nom. cityni cityni
    gen. cityni
    genitive cityni cityjeni
    partitive cityäni cityjäni
    inessive cityssäni cityissäni
    elative citystäni cityistäni
    illative cityyni cityihini
    adessive citylläni cityilläni
    ablative cityltäni cityiltäni
    allative citylleni cityilleni
    essive citynäni cityinäni
    translative citykseni cityikseni
    abessive cityttäni cityittäni
    instructive — —
    comitative — cityineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative citysi citysi
    accusative nom. citysi citysi
    gen. citysi
    genitive citysi cityjesi
    partitive cityäsi cityjäsi
    inessive cityssäsi cityissäsi
    elative citystäsi cityistäsi
    illative cityysi cityihisi
    adessive citylläsi cityilläsi
    ablative cityltäsi cityiltäsi
    allative cityllesi cityillesi
    essive citynäsi cityinäsi
    translative cityksesi cityiksesi
    abessive cityttäsi cityittäsi
    instructive — —
    comitative — cityinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative citymme citymme
    accusative nom. citymme citymme
    gen. citymme
    genitive citymme cityjemme
    partitive cityämme cityjämme
    inessive cityssämme cityissämme
    elative citystämme cityistämme
    illative cityymme cityihimme
    adessive cityllämme cityillämme
    ablative cityltämme cityiltämme
    allative cityllemme cityillemme
    essive citynämme cityinämme
    translative cityksemme cityiksemme
    abessive cityttämme cityittämme
    instructive — —
    comitative — cityinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative citynne citynne
    accusative nom. citynne citynne
    gen. citynne
    genitive citynne cityjenne
    partitive cityänne cityjänne
    inessive cityssänne cityissänne
    elative citystänne cityistänne
    illative cityynne cityihinne
    adessive cityllänne cityillänne
    ablative cityltänne cityiltänne
    allative cityllenne cityillenne
    essive citynänne cityinänne
    translative cityksenne cityiksenne
    abessive cityttänne cityittänne
    instructive — —
    comitative — cityinenne
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative citynsä citynsä
    accusative nom. citynsä citynsä
    gen. citynsä
    genitive citynsä cityjensä
    partitive cityään
    cityänsä     		cityjään
    cityjänsä
    inessive cityssään
    cityssänsä     		cityissään
    cityissänsä
    elative citystään
    citystänsä     		cityistään
    cityistänsä
    illative cityynsä cityihinsä
    adessive cityllään
    cityllänsä     		cityillään
    cityillänsä
    ablative cityltään
    cityltänsä     		cityiltään
    cityiltänsä
    allative citylleen
    cityllensä     		cityilleen
    cityillensä
    essive citynään
    citynänsä     		cityinään
    cityinänsä
    translative citykseen
    cityksensä     		cityikseen
    cityiksensä
    abessive cityttään
    cityttänsä     		cityittään
    cityittänsä
    instructive — —
    comitative — cityineen
    cityinensä

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    Italian

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    Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from English city. Doublet of città.

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    city f (invariable)

    1. city (financial district of a city)

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    1. ^ city in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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    Noun

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    city

    1. alternative form of cite

    Swedish

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    Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Borrowed from English city.

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    city n

    1. 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
      • 1991, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist, Eva Lindblad, “Sommaren i city [[The] summer in the city]”‎[3]performed by Angel:
        Sommaren i city 1990 – kommer du ihåg mig? Minns du vad som hände? Minns du vad du sa när du träffade mig? Kommer du ihåg mig – 1990, sommaren i city? Minns du var vi var? Och minns du vad vi sa?
        [The] summer in the city ["Sommar i city" would literally be "summer in the city," but "the summer in the city" sounds a bit unidiomatic], 1990 ["in 1990" – Swedish skips the "in"] – do you remember me? Do you remember what happened? Do you remember what you said when you met me? Do you remember me – 1990, [the] summer in the city? Do you remember where we were? And do you remember what we said?

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    • centrum is used for the commercial centre of suburbs and small or medium-sized towns.

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