Definition of CITIES. Meaning of CITIES. Synonyms of CITIES

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Definition of CITIES

Cities
City Cit"y, n.; pl. Cities. [OE. cite, F. cit?, fr. L. civitas citizenship, state, city, fr. civis citizen; akin to Goth. heiwa (in heiwafrauja man of the house), AS. ?, pl., members of a family, servants, ? family, G. heirath marriage, prop., providing a house, E. hind a peasant.] 1. A large town. 2. A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see. A city is a town incorporated; which is, or has been, the see of a bishop; and though the bishopric has been dissolved, as at Westminster, it yet remaineth a city. --Blackstone When Gorges constituted York a city, he of course meant it to be the seat of a bishop, for the word city has no other meaning in English law. --Palfrey 3. The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city. ``What is the city but the people?' --Shak. Syn: See Village.

Meaning of CITIES from wikipedia

- world po****tion now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for global sustainability. Present-day cities usually form the core of larger...
- States portal Cities portal Demographics of the United States Largest cities in the United States by po****tion by decade List of largest cities – (world)...
- divided into 83 counties and contains 1,773 muni****lities consisting of 276 cities, 257 villages, and 1,240 townships. The largest muni****lity by po****tion...
- constitutes a city, as not all cities in all jurisdictions are classified using the same criteria. Cities may be defined as the cities proper, the extent...
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- Summer Olympic Games, held in 23 different cities, and 24 Winter Olympic Games, held in 21 different cities. In addition, three summer and two winter editions...
- cities in the United States of America: Lists of po****ted places in the United States - Lists of U.S. cities by state List of United States cities by...
- 2019. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Myanmar. "World Gazetteer – Burma: largest cities and towns and statistics of their po****tion"...
- The following is a list of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia. There are 5 Large Cities or Metro Cities in Saudi Arabia with the po****tion over a million...
- contains 853 incorporated cities, with po****tions ranging from 425,115 (Minneapolis) to 12 (Funkley) in 2023. Minnesota cities are classified by po****tion...