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Noun: city  si-tee
  1. A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
    "Ancient Troy was a great city";
    - metropolis, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. An incorporated administrative district established by state charter
    "the city raised the tax rate"
     
  3. People living in a large densely populated municipality
    "the city voted for Republicans in 1994";
    - metropolis

Derived forms: cities

Type of: administrative district, administrative division, municipality, territorial division

Encyclopedia: City, Sister, Silver