Found 4 items, similar to Cities.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: city
kota
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: city
kota
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: city
city
n 1: a large and densely populated urban area; may include
several independent administrative districts;
“Ancient
Troy was a great city” [syn:
metropolis,
urban center]
2: an incorporated administrative district established by state
charter;
“the city raised the tax rate”
3: people living in a large densely populated municipality;
“the city voted for Republicans in 1994” [syn:
metropolis]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cities
City
\Cit"y\ (s[i^]t"[y^]), n.; pl.
Cities (s[i^]t"[i^]z).
[OE. cite, F. cit['e], fr. L. civitas citizenship, state,
city, fr. civis citizen; akin to Goth. heiwa (in heiwafrauja
man of the house), AS. h[imac]wan, pl., members of a family,
servants, h[imac]red family, G. heirath marriage, prop.,
providing a house, E. hind a peasant.]
1. A large town.
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2. A corporate town; in the United States, a town or
collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed
by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a
board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain,
a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a
bishop, or the capital of his see.
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A city is a town incorporated; which is, or has
been, the see of a bishop; and though the bishopric
has been dissolved, as at Westminster, it yet
remaineth a city. --Blackstone
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When Gorges constituted York a city, he of course
meant it to be the seat of a bishop, for the word
city has no other meaning in English law. --Palfrey
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3. The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city.
“What is the city but the people?” --Shak.
Syn: See
Village.
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