"sister city" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sister cities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sister city (plural sister cities)
  1. A foreign city with which a city has a declared relationship of cordiality. Wikipedia link: sister city Related terms: to twin Translations (city in a relationship of cordiality): 友好城市 (yǒuhǎo chéngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 姐妹城市 (jiěmèi chéngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 姊妹城市 (zǐmèi chéngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 姐妹市 (jiěmèishì) (Chinese Mandarin), 姊妹市 (zǐmèishì) (Chinese Mandarin), 姐妹城 (jiěmèichéng) (Chinese Mandarin), 姊妹城 (zǐmèichéng) (Chinese Mandarin), 兄弟市 (xiōngdìshì) (Chinese Mandarin), venskabsby [common-gender] (Danish), ĝemelurbo (Esperanto), sõpruslinn (Estonian), ystävyyskaupunki (Finnish), ville jumelée [feminine] (French), Partnerstadt [feminine] (German), testvérváros (Hungarian), vinabær [masculine] (Icelandic), 姉妹都市 (shimai-toshi) (alt: しまいとし) (Japanese), бауырлас қала (bauyrlas qala) (Kazakh), збратимен град (english: zbratimen grad) [masculine] (Macedonian), ах дүү хот (ax düü xot) (Mongolian), cidade irmã [feminine] (Portuguese), го́род-побрати́м (górod-pobratím) [masculine] (Russian), ciudad hermana [feminine] (Spanish), vänort [common-gender] (Swedish)

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          "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "city in a relationship of cordiality",
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      "sense": "city in a relationship of cordiality",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "city in a relationship of cordiality",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ville jumelée"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "city in a relationship of cordiality",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Partnerstadt"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "city in a relationship of cordiality",
      "word": "testvérváros"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "city in a relationship of cordiality",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vinabær"
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      "alt": "しまいとし",
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      "sense": "city in a relationship of cordiality",
      "word": "姉妹都市"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bauyrlas qala",
      "sense": "city in a relationship of cordiality",
      "word": "бауырлас қала"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "english": "zbratimen grad",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "sense": "city in a relationship of cordiality",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "збратимен град"
    },
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ax düü xot",
      "sense": "city in a relationship of cordiality",
      "word": "ах дүү хот"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "city in a relationship of cordiality",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cidade irmã"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "górod-pobratím",
      "sense": "city in a relationship of cordiality",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "го́род-побрати́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "city in a relationship of cordiality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ciudad hermana"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "city in a relationship of cordiality",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "vänort"
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  "word": "sister city"
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