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second city, n.
Brit. |ˌsɛk(ə)nd ˈsɪti|, U.S. |ˌsɛkən(d) ˈsɪdi|
Forms: [Also with capital initials.]
[‹ second adj. + city n.]
The second largest city in a particular country or region; (also) a city which is often regarded as the second most important in a country or region.
Usually with in or of, except when second city (freq. with the and with capital initials in this context) has become something of a fixed name for a particular city within a given country, as, for example, Chicago (in the United States), Birmingham (in England), or Glasgow (in Scotland).
1621J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge: 1st Bk. ii. 40 Pauia (the second City of the Dutchy of Millan). 1726Swift Gulliver (1976) III. iii. 152 Lindalino, the second city in the kingdom, was the first his Majesty visited in his progress. 1801C. B. Brown Clara Howard xiii. 111 The second city in our country was familiar to my fancy by description. 1869‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxiv. 253 She [sc. Pisa] has but one thing left to boast of, and that is not much, viz: she is the second city of Tuscany. 1910Encycl. Brit. I. 449/2 The greatness of Aix was due to the latter [i.e. Charlemagne], who between 777 and 786..raised the place to the rank of the second city of the Empire. 1933Times 31 Jan. 6/3 Our ‘second city’ [i.e. Glasgow] has placed its whole crop of Spanish graduates on the elementary reserve list of teachers. 1980TWA Ambassador Oct. 81/1 The influence of the Second City [i.e. Chicago] on the tenor as well as the direction of his work—particularly his books—is inestimable. 1997Daily Tel. 23 Apr. 6/5 Edgbaston is the home of the Second City's university, teaching hospital,..BBC studio and a substantial part of Brum's professional and managerial population. |