city
/ˈsɪt̬·i/ n [C]Definition
› a place where many people live, with many houses, stores, businesses, etc., and which is bigger than a town: Canadians have built big, pleasant, and livable cities. When their team won the World Series, the whole city celebrated. Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand.
(Definition of city n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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