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City vs Regency - What's the difference?

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In uk terms the difference between city and regency

is that city is a metonym for the United Kingdom's financial industries, which are principally based in the City of London while regency is the historical period in the United Kingdom - specifically 1811-1820 - in which King George IV ruled as Prince Regent.

city

English

(wikipedia city)

Alternative forms

* cyte

Noun

(cities)
  • A large settlement, bigger than a town.
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  • *: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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    • , title= It's a gas , passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city ’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
  • (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

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    regency

    English

    Noun

  • A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.
  • The time during which a regent is in power.

    • Related terms

    * regent * regal * regalia * coregency