"key to the city" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: keys to the city [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|keys to the city}} key to the city (plural keys to the city)
  1. An ornamental key sometimes given as a symbol of a freedom of the city. Categories (topical): Awards Related terms: keys to the kingdom Translations (Translations): kaupungin avain (Finnish), clés de la ville [feminine, plural] (French), clé de la ville [feminine] (French), Stadtschlüssel [masculine] (German), 市の鍵 (shi no kagi) (alt: しのかぎ) (Japanese)

Inflected forms

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