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city | metro |

As a proper noun city

is (uk) a popular shortened form of the city of london, the historic core of london where the roman settlement of londinium was established.

As a noun metro is

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city

English

(wikipedia city)

Alternative forms

* cyte

Noun

(cities)
  • A large settlement, bigger than a town.
  • :
  • *
  • *:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city'; the ' city of one's dreams.
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  • (lb) The central business district; downtown.
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    • Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the above definition of "city") * citify * citizen * city banker * city block * city boy * city center * city centre * city clerk * city desk * city district * city father * city girl * city hall * city limit * city line * city man * city manager * city planning * city room * city slicker * city-state * cityscape * citywide * (l) * holy city * inner city/inner-city * sister city * the city * twin city (city)

    Related terms

    * civic * civil

    See also

    * metropolis * megalopolis * megacity

    Statistics

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    metro

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An underground railway.
  • A train that runs on such an underground railway.
  • An urban rapid transit light railway
  • A train that runs on such a railway.
    • Synonyms
    * (underground railway) el/El (US), subway (US), Tube (the London underground), underground (UK), underground railway (UK)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A metropolitan area.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Metropolitan.
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