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City
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city
English
Proper noun
en soccer informal Manchester City Football Club, an English football club.
en City will reportedly look to have a fee for Aguero.
en 2014-11-02 Daniel Taylor http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/02/manchester-city-manchester-united-premier-league-match-report Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United w:The Guardian Smalling’s quick one-two of yellow cards towards the end of the first half had left an air of inevitability about what would follow and, if anything, it was probably a surprise that City restricted themselves to Sergio Agüero’s goal bearing in mind another of United’s defenders, Marcos Rojo, was taken off on a stretcher early in the second half with a dislocated shoulder. https://web.archive.org/web/20261013064554/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/02/manchester-city-manchester-united-premier-league-match-report 13 October 2026
Proper noun
the City
en UK The City of London, the historic core of London where the Roman settlement of Londinium was established.
en UK The United Kingdom's financial industries, which are principally based in the City of London.
en New York The borough of Manhattan, the historic core of New York.
Any of several other cities in metropolitan areas (such as San Francisco).
Synonyms
City of London the Square Mile
Related terms
London en Hammersmith & City
Translations
UK financial sector
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 倫敦城 Lúndūn chéng City of London, cmn 西堤區 Xīdī qū
French: fr City f
Georgian: ka ლონდონის სიტი, ka სიტი
Japanese: ja シティ Shiti
Korean: ko ^시티
Macedonian: mk Сити n
Polish: pl City n
Russian: ru Си́ти m
Anagrams
en city ICTY
en metonyms
Chinese
Etymology
CityU 1, short for en city university.
Pronunciation
sit1 ti2 pn
Proper noun
zh proper noun
zh Hong Kong Cantonese informal CityU; City University of Hong Kong
Synonyms
城大
French
Etymology
fr en City the City, ellipsis of en City of London.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-City.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-City.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
f la City
fr finance with definite article the en City (London's financial district)
fr London
German
Etymology
de en city. The feminine gender is likely an analogy to Stadt.
Pronunciation
de /ˈsɪti/
de De-City.ogg
Noun
f,s
de colloquial city center, downtown, central business district
de Innenstadt Stadtmitte Stadtzentrum
de Wir fahren heute Nachmittag in die City. We’re going downtown this afternoon.
Declension
f,s
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