Definitions for cities

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cities cit·y

Spelling: [sit-ee]

IPA: /ˈsɪt i/

Cities is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in cities (ceiist).

Definitions for cities

noun

1. a large or important town.
2. (in the U.S.) an incorporated municipality, usually governed by a mayor and a board of aldermen or councilmen.
3. the inhabitants of a city collectively:
4. (in Canada) a municipality of high rank, usually based on population.
5. (in Great Britain) a borough, usually the seat of a bishop, upon which the dignity of the title has been conferred by the crown.
6. the City. the major metropolitan center of a region; downtown: the commercial and financial area of London, England.
7. a city-state.
8. (often initial capital letter) Slang. a place, person, or situation having certain features or characteristics (used in combination):

Origin of cities

1175-1225; Middle English cite Anglo-French, Old French cite(t) Latin cīvitāt- (stem of cīvitās) citizenry, town, equivalent to cīvi(s) citizen + -tāt- -ty²

Examples for cities

They landed, and with the utmost haste proceeded toward the city.

Today, the city is an Asian hipster outpost, with shopping malls, clothing boutiques, and mixologist-prepared cocktails.

Saved from the public gallows, Weeks was virtually exiled from the city, and wound up in Mississippi, where he raised a family.

The sound disturbed him, bringing premonitions of the city's unrest.

There is in this city a rag-picker so wealthy that he can afford to drink wine every day.

“I love my job and I love my city and I am committed to the work here,” he said in a statement.

To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.

From what we had heard, we expected to find you in the city.

All this Robert thought over as he was riding in the cars to the city.

Throughout the fifties, in city after city, fluoridation became the subject of fierce debate.