city
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The meaning (definition) of the word city
a very big town where many people live and work
The word city used in a sentence
“We took a train into the busy city to see the tall buildings.”
Words that mean the same as city (synonyms)
town
The plural of the word city
cities
How the word city is said around the world
| French | ville (veel) |
| Spanish | ciudad (thyoo-THAHD) |
| Mandarin | 城市 (chuhng shee) |
| Hindi | शहर (SHU-hr) |
| Arabic | مدينة (mah-DEE-nah) |
| Russian | город (GOH-rut) |
| Portuguese (EU) | cidade (see-DAH-di) |
| Portuguese (BR) | cidade (see-DAH-jew) |
| Japanese | 都市 (TOH-shee) |
| German | Stadt (shtaht) |
| Urdu | شہر (SHE-her) |
| Punjabi | ਸ਼ਹਿਰ (SHU-hir) |
| Korean | 도시 (DOH-see) |
| Hebrew | עיר (eer) |
| Greek | πόλη (POH-lee) |
| Dutch | stad (staht) |
| Tagalog | lungsod (LOONG-sohd) |
| Vietnamese | thành phố (tayny FOH-ur) |
| Turkish | şehir (shay-HIR) |
| Persian | شهر (shahr) |
| Polish | miasto (MYAHS-taw) |
| Ukrainian | місто (MEES-toh) |
| Bengali | শহর (SHAW-hawr) |
| Swedish | stad (stahd) |
| Italian | città (chee-TAH) |
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