civicadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈsɪv.ɪk/us/ˈsɪv.ɪk/of a town or city or the people who live in it:
The prime minister met many civic leaders, including the mayor and the leaders of the immigrant communities.
She felt it was her civic duty (= her duty as a person living in the town) to tell the police.
The opera house is a great source of civic pride.
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Towns & regions: towns, cities & villages (general)
- aerotropolis
- backwater
- bedroom community
- Cantabrigian
- capital
- conurbation
- county borough
- dormitory town
- ghost town
- Greater
- hill station
- hometown
- megacity
- metropolis
- one-horse town
- port
- settlement
- small-town
- town
- urbanite
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UK politics: local government & politics