a royal city.

(in religious language) heaven or paradise, imagined as a city (cf. sense 4a); (also) an ideal or heavenly city.

any of the six towns in ancient Israel and Judah in which (according to Mosaic law) perpetrators of manslaughter could claim the right of asylum…

The city of one's birth or upbringing; one's home city. Cf. mother, n.1 4c.

now chiefly historical (a) a city that is the seat of an empire, or that is itself a sovereign or independent state; (b) a city of the Holy Roman…

A city that is a dwelling place. Obsolete.

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.

a garden city; a garden suburb; (in earlier use also) a town with many plants and public gardens (now rare).

treasure city.

A town built to a plan that incorporates a large number of green spaces; (originally) such a town designed to be self-contained, having residential…

A city that is overdeveloped and economically non-productive; a parasite city.

(a) North American either of two cities that are very close neighbours; spec. in plural (U.S.) St. Paul and Minneapolis, (Canadian) Fort William…

A city built on these principles.

a city constructed or landscaped in such a way as to minimize environmental degradation, with facilities (such as transport, waste management, etc.)…