A large or important municipality. With reference to English-speaking places: a municipality traditionally or officially designated a city, being…
| 单词 | θ158754 |
| 释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > city > [noun] (52) cityc1300 A large or important municipality. With reference to English-speaking places: a municipality traditionally or officially designated a city, being… cityc1300 A large or important municipality. In general use, and with reference to non-English-speaking places: a municipality of larger size or population… wonec1330 singular and plural. An inhabited place; a country, realm, territory, domain; gen. a place. within wones, in wone (frequently as a tag) =… motec1390 Chiefly poetic. A castle, fortress; a city. in mote: among men. Obsolete. daughter1535 Chiefly with of or possessive. A colony in relation to its founding city. Cf. mother city, n. 3 and compounds 1a. Now rare. civity1577 = city, n. village1825 Applied jocularly to a large town or city, esp. London. urbs1837 A city as a technical entity or in contrast to a suburb, etc. urb1952 An urban area, a city. Cf. 'burb, n. Subcategories:— making like (1) — sovereign or independent (6) — semi-autonomous (1) — large city (5) — parent city of colony (1) — city as bishop's see (3) — (closely) neighbouring town or city (1) — city with Roman privileges (3) — other types of city (16) — parts of city (2) — boundary or boundaries of city (2) — area composed of two or more cities (2) |
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