Cityname

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  informalball-gamesgameshobbiesManchester City Football Club, an English football club.

  • City will reportedly look to have a fee for Aguero.
  • 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.

Cityname

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  The City of London, the historic core of London where the Roman settlement of Londinium was established.

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  The United Kingdom's financial industries, which are principally based in the City of London.

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  The borough of Manhattan, the historic core of New York.

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  Any of several other cities in metropolitan areas (such as San Francisco).

citynoun/ˈsɪti/

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  A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.

  • São Paulo is the largest city in South America.
  • Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck?
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  historicalA settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.

  • Manchester, incorporated in 1838, was made the centre of a bishopric in 1847 and became a city in 1853. Liverpool was transformed into a city by Royal Charter when the new diocese of Liverpool was created in 1880.
  • St Davids itself is the smallest city in Great Britain, with a population of less than 2,000.
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  The central business district; downtown.

  • I'm going into the city today to do some shopping.
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  slangA large amount of something (used after the noun).

  • It’s video game city in here!