city

nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of cit


city

São Paulo is the largest city in South America.

Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?

c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 147, column 2:

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.

1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

But clever cities will not necessarily be better ones.

2013 September 7, “The multiplexed metropolis”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8852:

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.

2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:

All our stations have changed. We have to constrain numbers. We have to mandate face coverings. These are massive changes in what is a public transport city. This is not a car city.

2020 July 15, Mike Brown talks to Paul Clifton, “Leading London's "hidden heroes"”, in Rail, page 42:

The Ukrainian government says Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and other cities have suffered a barrage of drone attacks, and pleaded with Western countries to step up their assistance in the face of the new challenge. […] But Ukraine claimed its forces had shot down one of these drones for the first time last month near the city of Kupyansk in Kharkiv.

2022 October 17, Ivana Kottasová, “‘Kamikaze’ drones are the latest threat for Ukraine. Here’s what we know”, in CNN:

A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.

Manchester, incorporated in 1838, was made the centre of a bishopric in 1847 and became a city in 1853. Liverpool was transformed into a city by Royal Charter when the new diocese of Liverpool was created in 1880.

1976, Cornelius P. Darcy, The Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Lancashire, 1760-1860, Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 20:

St Davids itself is the smallest city in Great Britain, with a population of less than 2,000.

2014, Graham Rutt, Cycling Britain's Cathedrals Volume 1, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 307:

(UK) A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.

I'm going into the city today to do some shopping.

central business district
central business district

(Australia) The central business district; downtown.

It’s video game city in here!

(slang) A large amount of something (used after the noun).

cities (plural)
citie (alternative obsolete)
cittie (alternative obsolete)
cyte (alternative obsolete)
cytee (alternative obsolete)

→ French: City

→ German: City

→ Italian: city

→ Swedish: city

→ Russian: си́ти (síti)

pilsēta (or lielpilsēta f if the distinction between city and town is important)

From Middle English cite, from Old French cite, from Late Latin cīvitātem (“city”), in Classical Latin "citizenry", derived from cīvis (“fellow-citizen”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“lie down; settle”). Cognate with Old English hīwan pl (“members of one's household, servants”). See hewe. Doublet of civitas. Mostly displaced native Old English burg, whence Modern English borough.


city

(anglicism) Synonym of liikekeskusta (“central business district”)

city (nominative singular)
cityt (nominative plural)
city (accusative nominative singular)
cityt (accusative nominative plural)
cityn (accusative genitive singular)
cityt (accusative genitive plural)
cityn (genitive singular)
cityjen (genitive plural)
cityä (partitive singular)
cityjä (partitive plural)
cityssä (inessive singular)
cityissä (inessive plural)
citystä (elative singular)
cityistä (elative plural)
cityyn (illative singular)
cityihin (illative plural)
cityllä (adessive singular)
cityillä (adessive plural)
cityltä (ablative singular)
cityiltä (ablative plural)
citylle (allative singular)
cityille (allative plural)
citynä (essive singular)
cityinä (essive plural)
cityksi (singular translative)
cityiksi (plural translative)
cityttä (abessive singular)
cityittä (abessive plural)
cityin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
cityni (nominative singular)
cityni (nominative plural)
cityni (accusative nominative singular)
cityni (accusative nominative plural)
cityni (accusative genitive singular)
cityni (accusative genitive plural)
cityni (genitive singular)
cityjeni (genitive plural)
cityäni (partitive singular)
cityjäni (partitive plural)
cityssäni (inessive singular)
cityissäni (inessive plural)
citystäni (elative singular)
cityistäni (elative plural)
cityyni (illative singular)
cityihini (illative plural)
citylläni (adessive singular)
cityilläni (adessive plural)
cityltäni (ablative singular)
cityiltäni (ablative plural)
citylleni (allative singular)
cityilleni (allative plural)
citynäni (essive singular)
cityinäni (essive plural)
citykseni (singular translative)
cityikseni (plural translative)
cityttäni (abessive singular)
cityittäni (abessive plural)
cityineni (comitative plural)
citysi (nominative singular)
citysi (nominative plural)
citysi (accusative nominative singular)
citysi (accusative nominative plural)
citysi (accusative genitive singular)
citysi (accusative genitive plural)
citysi (genitive singular)
cityjesi (genitive plural)
cityäsi (partitive singular)
cityjäsi (partitive plural)
cityssäsi (inessive singular)
cityissäsi (inessive plural)
citystäsi (elative singular)
cityistäsi (elative plural)
cityysi (illative singular)
cityihisi (illative plural)
citylläsi (adessive singular)
cityilläsi (adessive plural)
cityltäsi (ablative singular)
cityiltäsi (ablative plural)
cityllesi (allative singular)
cityillesi (allative plural)
citynäsi (essive singular)
cityinäsi (essive plural)
cityksesi (singular translative)
cityiksesi (plural translative)
cityttäsi (abessive singular)
cityittäsi (abessive plural)
cityinesi (comitative plural)
citymme (nominative singular)
citymme (nominative plural)
citymme (accusative nominative singular)
citymme (accusative nominative plural)
citymme (accusative genitive singular)
citymme (accusative genitive plural)
citymme (genitive singular)
cityjemme (genitive plural)
cityämme (partitive singular)
cityjämme (partitive plural)
cityssämme (inessive singular)
cityissämme (inessive plural)
citystämme (elative singular)
cityistämme (elative plural)
cityymme (illative singular)
cityihimme (illative plural)
cityllämme (adessive singular)
cityillämme (adessive plural)
cityltämme (ablative singular)
cityiltämme (ablative plural)
cityllemme (allative singular)
cityillemme (allative plural)
citynämme (essive singular)
cityinämme (essive plural)
cityksemme (singular translative)
cityiksemme (plural translative)
cityttämme (abessive singular)
cityittämme (abessive plural)
cityinemme (comitative plural)
citynne (nominative singular)
citynne (nominative plural)
citynne (accusative nominative singular)
citynne (accusative nominative plural)
citynne (accusative genitive singular)
citynne (accusative genitive plural)
citynne (genitive singular)
cityjenne (genitive plural)
cityänne (partitive singular)
cityjänne (partitive plural)
cityssänne (inessive singular)
cityissänne (inessive plural)
citystänne (elative singular)
cityistänne (elative plural)
cityynne (illative singular)
cityihinne (illative plural)
cityllänne (adessive singular)
cityillänne (adessive plural)
cityltänne (ablative singular)
cityiltänne (ablative plural)
cityllenne (allative singular)
cityillenne (allative plural)
citynänne (essive singular)
cityinänne (essive plural)
cityksenne (singular translative)
cityiksenne (plural translative)
cityttänne (abessive singular)
cityittänne (abessive plural)
cityinenne (comitative plural)
citynsä (nominative singular)
citynsä (nominative plural)
citynsä (accusative nominative singular)
citynsä (accusative nominative plural)
citynsä (accusative genitive singular)
citynsä (accusative genitive plural)
citynsä (genitive singular)
cityjensä (genitive plural)
cityään (partitive singular)
cityänsä (partitive singular)
cityjään (partitive plural)
cityjänsä (partitive plural)
cityssään (inessive singular)
cityssänsä (inessive singular)
cityissään (inessive plural)
cityissänsä (inessive plural)
citystään (elative singular)
citystänsä (elative singular)
cityistään (elative plural)
cityistänsä (elative plural)
cityynsä (illative singular)
cityihinsä (illative plural)
cityllään (adessive singular)
cityllänsä (adessive singular)
cityillään (adessive plural)
cityillänsä (adessive plural)
cityltään (ablative singular)
cityltänsä (ablative singular)
cityiltään (ablative plural)
cityiltänsä (ablative plural)
citylleen (allative singular)
cityllensä (allative singular)
cityilleen (allative plural)
cityillensä (allative plural)
citynään (essive singular)
citynänsä (essive singular)
cityinään (essive plural)
cityinänsä (essive plural)
citykseen (singular translative)
cityksensä (singular translative)
cityikseen (plural translative)
cityiksensä (plural translative)
cityttään (abessive singular)
cityttänsä (abessive singular)
cityittään (abessive plural)
cityittänsä (abessive plural)
cityineen (comitative plural)
cityinensä (comitative plural)


city

Unadapted borrowing from English city. Doublet of città.


city

Lite närmare city, i närheten av konstmuseet, ligger Norrköpings mest attraktiva lägenheter

A little closer to the town centre, next to the art museum, you'll find Norrköping's most attractive apartments

Det finns mycket att förbättra i vårt city

There are many things that need improvement in our inner city

Sommaren i city 1990 – kommer du ihåg mig? Minns du vad som hände? Minns du vad du sa när du träffade mig? Kommer du ihåg mig – 1990, sommaren i city? Minns du var vi var? Och minns du vad vi sa?

1991, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist, Eva Lindblad, “Sommaren i city [[The] summer in the city]”performed by Angel:

[The] summer in the city ["sommar i city" would literally be "summer in the city," but "the summer in the city" sounds a bit unidiomatic], 1990 ["in 1990" – Swedish skips the "in"] – do you remember me? Do you remember what happened? Do you remember what you said when you met me? Do you remember me – 1990, [the] summer in the city? Do you remember where we were? And do you remember what we said?

inner city, the commercial centre of a medium-sized or larger city