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  • Regno Unito/[ˈsɪtʰiː]/
  • Regno Unito/[ˈsɪtʰɪj]/
  • //ˈsɪti//

A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.

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  1. 1

    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.

    Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?

    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.

    But clever cities will not necessarily be better ones.

  2. 2

    storicoA settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.

    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.

    St Davids itself is the smallest city in Great Britain, with a population of less than 2,000.

  3. 3

    The central business district; downtown.

    I'm going into the city today to do some shopping.

  4. 4

    gergoA large amount of something (used after the noun).

    It’s video game city in here!

Etimologia

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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