"Eternal City" meaning in English

See Eternal City in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the Eternal City [canonical]
Etymology: Calque of Latin Urbs Aeterna. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|la|Urbs Aeterna}} Calque of Latin Urbs Aeterna Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Eternal City}} the Eternal City
  1. A nickname for the city of Rome in Italy. Translations (nickname for Rome): Ciutat Eterna [feminine] (Catalan), 永恆之城 /永恒之城 (yǒnghéng zhī chéng) (Chinese Mandarin), evige stad [common-gender] (Danish), Eterna Urbo (Esperanto), Igavene linn (Estonian), ikuinen kaupunki (Finnish), ville éternelle [feminine] (French), Ewige Stadt [feminine] (German), αιώνια πόλη (aiónia póli) [feminine] (Greek), Città Eterna [feminine] (Italian), 永遠の都 (eien no miyako) (alt: えいえんのみやこ) (Japanese), Urbs Aeterna [feminine] (Latin), Wieczne Miasto [neuter] (Polish), Cidade Eterna [feminine] (Portuguese), Ве́чный Го́род (Véčnyj Górod) [masculine] (Russian), Вје̏чнӣ Гра̑д [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Vjȅčnī Grȃd [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Ciudad Eterna [feminine] (Spanish), den eviga staden [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Eternal_City-en-name-3bMg3ne8 Disambiguation of 'nickname for Rome': 49 25 26
  2. A nickname for the city of Jerusalem in Israel.
    Sense id: en-Eternal_City-en-name-ghkASP4V
  3. A nickname for the city of Kyoto in Japan. Categories (place): City nicknames
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