city

  • 51city —    by Richard G. Smith   While a great deal has been written about architecture by poststructuralists such as Derrida, relatively little has been written about cities and urbanism. This is also true in the writings of Baudrillard, who with the… …

    The Baudrillard dictionary

  • 52city*/*/*/ — [ˈsɪti] noun [C] 1) a large important town an industrial city[/ex] Tokyo is Japan s capital city (= most important city).[/ex] 2) the institutions of a city The city has agreed to pay for the rebuilding.[/ex] the city hospital[/ex] • ■ A city is… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 53City FM — rajouter logo de City FM Création dans les années 2000 Disparition Le jeudi 27 juin 2008 à 18h Slogan « City FM au coeur de la citer » Langue Français Pays  Belgique …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 54city — cit•y [[t]ˈsɪt i[/t]] n. pl. cit•ies 1) gov a large or important town 2) gov (in the U.S.) an incorporated municipality, usu. governed by a mayor and council 3) gov the inhabitants of a city collectively: The entire city is celebrating[/ex] 4)… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 55city — Synonyms and related words: Bowery, Chinatown, East End, East Side, Kreis, Little Hungary, Little Italy, Stadt, West End, West Side, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, bailiwick, banlieue, barrio, bishopric, black ghetto, blighted area,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 56city — It was not necessarily the size of its population or its area that made the distinction in Palestine between a city and a village. What mattered was the wall which was often doubled, with houses built between the outer and the inner wall, while… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 57city — noun (plural cities) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English citie large or small town, from Anglo French cité, from Medieval Latin civitat , civitas, from Latin, citizenship, state, city of Rome, from civis citizen more at hind Date:… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 58city — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. town, municipality; capital, metropolis, megalopolis, cosmopolis; city state, burg (inf.), big town (inf.). See abode. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. urban, metropolitan, civil, civic; see municipal ,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 59City — ♦♦ N PROPER: the N The City is the part of London where many important financial institutions have their main offices. People often refer to these financial institutions as the City. ...a foreign bank in the City... The City fears that profits… …

    English dictionary

  • 60city — / sɪtɪ/ noun 1. a large town ● The largest cities in Europe are linked by hourly flights. 2. ♦ the City (of London) the old centre of London, where banks and large companies have their main offices; the British financial centre ● He works in the… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance