English > city: 3 senses > noun 1, locationMeaning | A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts. |
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Example | "Ancient Troy was a great city" |
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Synonyms | metropolis, urban center |
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Instances | Aachen, Aken, Aix-la-Chapelle | A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders |
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Aalborg, Alborg | A city and port in northern Jutland |
Abadan | A port city in southwestern Iran |
Aberdeen | A city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea |
Abidjan | city recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast |
Abilene | A city in central Texas |
Acapulco, Acapulco de Juarez | A port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico |
Adana, Seyhan | A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River |
Aden | An important port of Yemen |
Agra | A city in northern India |
Akron | A city in northeastern Ohio |
Al Aqabah, Aqaba, Akaba | Jordan's port |
Al Ladhiqiyah, Latakia | A seaport on the western coast of Syria |
Albuquerque | The largest city in New Mexico |
Alexandria, El Iskandriyah | The chief port of Egypt |
Allentown | A city in eastern Pennsylvania |
Almaty, Alma-Ata | The largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998 |
Amarillo | A city in the northern panhandle of Texas |
Anaheim | A city in southern California (southeast of Los Angeles) |
Anchorage | A city in south central Alaska |
Ann Arbor | A city in southern Michigan near Detroit |
Annaba | A port city of northeastern Algeria near the Tunisian border |
Antalya, Adalia | A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya |
Antofagasta | A port city on the Pacific in northern Chile |
Antwerpen, Antwerp, Anvers | A busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river |
Apeldoorn | A city of east central Netherlands |
Aquila, L'Aquila, Aquila degli Abruzzi | The provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy |
Arequipa | A city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city |
Argos | An ancient city in southeastern Greece |
Arhus, Aarhus | port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland |
Ariana | city in Tunisia |
Arlington | A city in northern Texas between Dallas and Fort Worth |
Arnhem | A city in the central Netherlands on the lower Rhine River |
Asahikawa | A city on western Hokkaido that is the center of a fertile agricultural area |
Assur, Asur, Ashur | An ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria |
Astrakhan | A city in southwestern Russia on the delta of the Volga River |
Aswan, Assuan, Assouan | An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt |
Atlantic City | A city on the Atlantic shore in southeastern New Jersey |
Auckland | The largest city and principal port of New Zealand |
Augusta | A city in eastern Georgia north-northwest of Savannah |
Az Zarqa, Zarqa | city in northwestern Jordan |
Babylon | The chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia |
Bahia Blanca | A port city in eastern Argentina to the southwest of Buenos Aires on an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean |
Bakersfield | A city in south central California at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley |
Baltimore | The largest city in Maryland |
Bam | An ancient city in southeastern Iran |
Bandung | A city in Indonesia |
Banff | A popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies |
Bangalore | An industrial city in south central India (west of Chennai) |
Barcelona | A city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean |
Bari | Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast |
Barranquilla | A port city of northern Colombia near the Caribbean on the Magdalena River |
Basel, Basle, Bale | A city in northwestern Switzerland |
Basra, Basia | The second largest city in Iraq |
Bayonne | A city in northeastern New Jersey |
Beaumont | A city of southeastern Texas near Houston |
Beckley | A city in southern West Virginia |
Beira | A port city in eastern Mozambique on the Mozambique Channel |
Belem, Para, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem | port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta |
Belo Horizonte | city in southeastern Brazil to the north of Rio de Janeiro |
Benghazi | port in northern Libya on the Gulf of Sidra |
Bergen | A port city in southwestern Norway |
Berkeley | A city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay |
Beverly Hills | A city in southwestern California surrounded by Los Angeles |
Billings | The largest city in Montana |
Binghamton | A city in south central New York near the border with Pennsylvania |
Birmingham, Brummagem | A city in central England |
Birmingham, Pittsburgh of the South | The largest city in Alabama |
Blantyre | city in southern Malawi |
Blida | A city in northern Algeria at the foot of the Atlas Mountains to the southwest of Algiers |
Bloemfontein | The seat of the supreme court |
Bologna | The capital of Emilia-Romagna |
Bolzano | An Italian city in Trentino-Alto Adige near the Austrian border |
Bonn | A city in western Germany on the Rhine River |
Bordeaux | A port city in southwestern France |
Braga | An ancient city in northern Portugal |
Brasov | A city in central Romania in the foothills of the Transylvanian Alps |
Braunschweig, Brunswick | A city in central Germany |
Bremen | A city of northwestern Germany linked by the Weser River to the port of Bremerhaven and the North Sea |
Bremerhaven | A port city in northwestern Germany at the mouth of the Weser River on the North Sea |
Brescia | An ancient Italian city in central Lombardy |
Brest | A port city in northwestern France (in Brittany) |
Bridgeport | A port in southwestern Connecticut on Long Island Sound |
Brighton | A city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort |
Brindisi | A port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy |
Bristol | An industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon |
Brno, Brunn | An industrial city in Moravia in Czech Republic to the southeast of Prague |
Brownsville | A city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande near its mouth into the Gulf of Mexico |
Bruges, City of Bridges | A city in northwestern Belgium that is connected by canal to the North Sea |
Buffalo | A city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls) |
Bulawayo | industrial city in southwestern Zimbabwe |
Burlington | The largest city in Vermont |
Bursa, Brusa | A city in northwestern Turkey |
Bydgoszcz, Bromberg | An industrial city and river port in northern Poland |
Byzantium | An ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks |
Cadiz | An ancient port city in southwestern Spain |
Calgary | The largest city in southern Alberta |
Cali | city in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area |
Caloocan | A suburb of Manila in southwestern Luzon |
Cambridge | A city in eastern England on the River Cam |
Cambridge | A city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston |
Camden | A city in southwestern New Jersey on the Delaware River near Philadelphia |
Campeche | A Mexican city on the Bay of Campeche |
Cancun | A popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan peninsula |
Cannes | A port and resort city on the French Riviera |
Cape Town | port city in southwestern South Africa |
Cartagena | A port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean |
Cartagena | A port city in northwestern Colombia on the Caribbean |
Casablanca | A port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco |
Casper | A city of east central Wyoming on the North Platte river |
Cebu, Cebu City | An important seaport on the island of Cebu in the Philippines |
Cedar Rapids | A city in eastern Iowa |
Charleroi | city in southwestern Belgium |
Charleston | A port city in southeastern South Carolina |
Charlotte, Queen City | The largest city in North Carolina |
Chattanooga | A city in eastern Tennessee |
Chelyabinsk | A city in the Asian part of Russia |
Chemnitz, Karl-Marx-Stadt | A city in east central Germany |
Chennai, Madras | A city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal |
Cherepovets | A city of east central Russia to the north of Moscow |
Chernobyl | A city in north central Ukraine |
Chester | A city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia) |
Chicago, Windy City | largest city in Illinois |
Chihuahua | A city in northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua |
Chittagong | A port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal |
Chongqing, Chungking | A city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang |
Christchurch | industrial city at the center of a rich agricultural region |
Chula Vista | An industrial city in southern California (south of San Diego) near the Mexican border |
Cincinnati | A city in southern Ohio on the Ohio river |
Ciudad Bolivar | A port in eastern Venezuela on the Orinoco river |
Ciudad Juarez, Juarez | A city in northern Mexico on the Rio Grande opposite El Paso |
Ciudad Victoria | A city in east central Mexico |
Clarksburg | A city in northern West Virginia |
Cleveland | The largest city in Ohio |
Cologne, Koln | A commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River |
Colon, Aspinwall | A port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal |
Colorado Springs | A city in east central Colorado on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains |
Colossae | An ancient city in south western Phrygia in Asia Minor |
Columbus | A city in western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River |
Concepcion | An industrial city in Chile to the south of Santiago |
Constantina | A Romanian resort city on the Black Sea |
Constantine | A walled city in northeastern Algeria to the east of Algiers |
Cordoba, Cordova | A city in southern Spain |
Cordoba, Cordova | A city in central Argentina |
Corinth, Korinthos | The modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens |
Cork | A port city in southern Ireland |
Corpus Christi | A city in southern Texas on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico |
Cotonou | Chief port of Benin on the Bight of Benin |
Coventry | An industrial city in central England |
Cracow, Krakow, Krakau | An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula |
Cremona | A city in Lombardy on the Po River |
Culiacan | A city in northwestern Mexico |
Cumana | A port city in northeastern Venezuela on the Caribbean Sea |
Curitiba | A city in southeastern Brazil |
Czestochowa | A city of southern Poland whose church contains the statue of the black Madonna which attracts many pilgrims |
Dalian, Talien, Dairen | A port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula |
Dallas | A large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields |
Daugavpils | A city of southeastern Latvia |
Davenport | A city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island |
Dayton | A city in southwest Ohio |
Decatur | A city in central Illinois |
Delhi, New Delhi | A city in north central India |
Delphi | An ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus |
Detroit, Motor City, Motown | The largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port |
Dijon | An industrial city in eastern France to the north of Lyons |
Dneprodzerzhinsk | port city and industrial center in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River |
Dnipropetrovsk, Yekaterinoslav | city in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River |
Dobrich, Tolbukhin | A city in northeastern Bulgaria (north of Varna) that is the commercial center of an agricultural region |
Dodoma | A city in the center of Tanzania that has been designated as the future capital |
Donetsk, Donetske, Stalino | An industrial city in the Donets Basin |
Dortmund | An industrial city in northwestern Germany |
Douala | The largest city of Cameroon |
Dresden | A city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River |
Dubai | port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf |
Dubrovnik, Ragusa | A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic |
Duluth | A city in northeast Minnesota on Lake Superior |
Durango, Victoria de Durango | A city in north central Mexico |
Durban | A port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean |
Durham | A city of north central North Carolina |
Durres, Durazzo | port city in western Albania on the Adriatic |
Dusseldorf | An industrial city in western Germany on the Rhine |
Edirne, Adrianople, Adrianopolis | A city in northwestern Turkey |
Ehadhamen | city in Tunisia |
Eindhoven | city in southeastern Netherlands noted for electrical industry |
El Paso | A city in western Texas on the Mexican border |
Ephesus | An ancient Greek city on the western shore of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey |
Erie | A port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania |
Espoo | A city in southern Finland |
Essen | A city in western Germany |
Eugene | A city in western Oregon on the Willamette River |
Evansville | A city in southwestern Indiana on the Ohio River |
Faisalabad, Lyallpur | city in northeast Pakistan |
Fargo | largest city in North Dakota |
Ferrara | A city in northern Italy |
Fez, Fes | A city in north central Morocco |
Firenze, Florence | A city in central Italy on the Arno |
Flint | A city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit |
Fort Lauderdale | A city in southeast Florida on the Atlantic coast to the north of Miami |
Fort Wayne | A city in northeastern Indiana |
Fort Worth | A city in northeastern Texas (just to the west of Dallas) |
Frankfurt on the Main, Frankfurt, Frankfort | A German city |
Fresno | A city in south central California in the San Joaquin Valley |
Fukuoka | A city in southern Japan on Kyushu |
Gafsa | A city in west central Tunisia |
Galway | A port city in western Ireland on Galway Bay |
Garland | A city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas) |
Gary | A city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan |
Gdansk, Danzig | A port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea |
Geneva, Geneve, Genf | A city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva |
Genoa, Genova | A seaport in northwestern Italy |
Gent, Gand, Ghent | port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center |
Giza, El Giza, Gizeh | An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo |
Glasgow | largest city in Scotland |
Gloucester | A city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn |
Goma | A city in eastern Congo at the northern end of Lake Kivu near the border with Rwanda |
Gomorrah, Gomorrha | (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants |
Goteborg, Goeteborg, Gothenburg | A port in southwestern Sweden |
Governador Valadares | A city in eastern Brazil to the northeast of Belo Horizonte |
Granada | A city in southeastern Spain that was the capital of the Moorish kingdom until it was captured by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492 |
Grand Rapids | A city in west central Michigan |
Graz | An industrial city is southeastern Austria |
Green Bay | A city of eastern Wisconsin on an arm of Lake Michigan |
Greensboro | A city of north central North Carolina |
Greenville | A city in eastern North Carolina |
Grenoble | A city in southeastern France on the Isere River |
Grozny, Groznyy | The capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia |
Guadalajara | A city in southwestern Mexico |
Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton | A city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China |
Guantanamo | A city in southeastern Cuba |
Guayaquil | The largest city of Ecuador |
Gulu | A city in northern Uganda |
Haiphong | A port city in northern Vietnam |
Halab, Aleppo, Alep | A city in northwestern Syria |
Halicarnassus | An ancient Greek city on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey |
Halle, Halle-an-der-Saale | A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River |
Hamburg | A port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany |
Hamilton | A port city in southeastern Ontario at the western end of Lake Ontario |
Hamilton | The capital of Bermuda |
Hangzhou, Hangchow | A city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay |
Hannover, Hanover | A port city in northwestern Germany |
Hargeisa | A city in northwestern Somalia |
Hefa, Haifa | A major port in northwestern Israel |
Herat | A city in northwestern Afghanistan on the site of several ancient cities |
Herculaneum | ancient city |
Hermosillo | A city in northwestern Mexico near the Gulf of California |
Hiroshima | A port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan |
Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon | A city in South Vietnam |
Hodeida, Al-Hudaydah | An important port in Yemen on the Red Sea |
Hohhot | A northern industrial / industrial city of China to the northwest of Beijing |
Homyel, Homel, Gomel | industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of Minsk |
Hong Kong | formerly a Crown Colony on the coast of southern China in Guangdong province |
Houston | The largest city in Texas |
Huambo, Nova Lisboa | A city in the mountains in western Angola |
Hull, Kingston-upon Hull | A large fishing port in northeastern England |
Huntington | A city of western West Virginia on the Ohio river at the mouth of the Kanawha |
Huntsville | A city in northern Alabama |
Hyderabad | A city in south central India in Andhra Pradesh |
Hyderabad | A city in southern Pakistan on the Indus River |
Ibadan | A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria |
Inchon, Incheon, Chemulpo | A port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea |
Independence | A city in western Missouri |
Innsbruck | city in southwestern Austria |
Isfahan, Esfahan, Aspadana | city in central Iran |
Istanbul, Stambul, Stamboul, Constantinople | The largest city and former capital of Turkey |
Izmir, Smyrna | A port city in western Turkey |
Jabalpur, Jubbulpore | An industrial city of central India to the southeast of Delhi |
Jacksonville | Florida's largest city |
Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo | A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean |
Jeddah, Jed'dah, Jiddah, Jidda | port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea |
Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera | A city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry |
Jersey City | A city in northeastern New Jersey (opposite Manhattan) |
Jinja | A city in Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria |
Joao Pessoa | A city in northeastern Brazil near the Atlantic Ocean to the north of Recife |
Johannesburg | city in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria |
Kaluga | A city of central Russia to the south of Moscow |
Kananga, Luluabourg | A city in southwestern Congo |
Kandahar, Qandahar | A city in southern Afghanistan |
Kandy | A city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon |
Kansas City | A city in western Missouri situated at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River |
Kansas City | A city of northeast Kansas on the Missouri River adjacent to Kansas City, Missouri |
Karachi | The largest city in Pakistan |
Katowice | An industrial city of southern Poland |
Katsina | A city in northern Nigeria |
Kaunas, Kovna, Kovno | A city in central Lithuania |
Kazan | An industrial city in the European part of Russia |
Kerbala, Karbala, Kerbela | A city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad |
Khabarovsk | A city on the Amur River on the border of China and the capital of Khabarovsk |
Kharkov, Kharkiv | A city in northeastern Ukraine |
Kimberley | city in central South Africa |
Kirkuk | A city in northeastern Iraq |
Kisumu | A port city in western Kenya on the northeastern shore of Lake Victoria |
Kitakyushu | A Japanese city on northern Kyushu |
Klaipeda, Memel | A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea |
Knoxville | A city in eastern Tennessee on the Tennessee River |
Kobe | A port city in Japan on Osaka Bay in southern Honshu |
Kolkata, Calcutta | The largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world |
Kuala Lumpur | The largest city and former capital of Malaysia until 2005 |
Kumasi | A city in southern Ghana |
Kursk | A city of southwestern Russia |
Kwangju | city in southwestern South Korea |
Kyoto | A city in central Japan on southern Honshu |
La Spezia | A port city in Liguria on an arm of the Ligurian Sea |
Lagos | Chief port and economic center of Nigeria |
Lahore | city in northeast Pakistan |
Lancaster | A city in northwestern England |
Lanzhou, Lanchou, Lanchow | The capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River |
Laredo | A city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande |
Las Vegas | largest city in Nevada |
Lausanne | A city in western Switzerland |
Le Havre | A port city in northern France on the English Channel at the mouth of the Seine |
Leeds | A city on the River Aire in West Yorkshire in northern England |
Leicester | An industrial city in Leicestershire in central England |
Leiden, Leyden | A city in the western Netherlands |
Leipzig | A city in southeastern Germany famous for fairs |
Leon | A city in central Mexico |
Leon | A city in northwestern Spain at the foot of the Cantabrian Mountains |
Lexington | A city in eastern Kentucky |
Liege, Luik | city in eastern Belgium |
Liepaja | A city of southwestern Latvia on the Baltic Sea |
Lille | An industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border |
Limeira | A city of southeastern Brazil (northwest of Sao Paulo) |
Limerick | port city in southwestern Ireland |
Linz, Lentia | city in northern Austria on the Danube |
Liverpool | A large city in northwestern England |
Lobito | A seaport on the Atlantic coast of Angola |
Lodz | A large city of central Poland |
Logrono | A city in northern Spain on the Ebro River |
Long Beach | A city in southern California located on 8.5 miles of Pacific beachfront |
Los Angeles, City of the Angels, L.A. | A city in southern California |
Louisville | The largest city in Kentucky |
Lubbock | A city in northwest Texas to the south of Amarillo |
Lubeck | A city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port |
Lublin | An industrial city of eastern Poland |
Lubumbashi, Elisabethville | A city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia |
Lucknow | A city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh |
Lund | A city in southern Sweden |
Luoyang, Loyang | A city in east central China |
Lushun, Port Arthur | A major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula |
Luxor, El-Aksur | A city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and around Thebes |
Lynchburg | A city in central Virginia |
Lyon, Lyons | A city in east-central France on the Rhone River |
Macon | A city in central Georgia to the southeast of Atlanta |
Maiduguri, Yerwa-Maiduguri | A city in northeastern Nigeria |
Malaga | A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean |
Malmo | A port in southern Sweden |
Manchester | A city in northwestern England (30 miles to the east of Liverpool) |
Manchester | largest city in New Hampshire |
Mandalay | A city in central Myanmar to the north of Rangoon |
Mannheim | A city in southwestern Germany at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers |
Maracaibo | A port city in northwestern Venezuela |
Maracay | A city in north central Venezuela |
Marrakesh, Marrakech | A city in western Morocco |
Marseille, Marseilles | A port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean |
Mashhad, Meshed | The holy city of Shiite Muslims |
Matamoros | A city in northeastern Mexico opposite Brownsville near the mouth of the Rio Grande |
Mazar-i-Sharif | A city in northern Afghanistan |
Mazatlan | A port city in western Mexico on the Pacific Ocean |
Mbeya | A city in southwestern Tanzania |
Medan | A city in Indonesia |
Medellin | city in western Colombia |
Medina, Al Madinah | A city in western Saudi Arabia |
Memphis | largest city of Tennessee |
Memphis | An ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo) |
Merida | The capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan |
Mesa | A city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix |
Messina | A port city in northeastern Sicily / Sicily on the Strait of Messina |
Mexicali | A city in northwestern Mexico near the California border |
Miami | A city and resort in southeastern Florida on Biscayne Bay |
Miami Beach | A city in southeastern Florida on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean |
Milan, Milano | The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy |
Milwaukee | largest city of Wisconsin |
Minneapolis | largest city in Minnesota |
Mobile | A port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay |
Mombasa | A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean |
Montego Bay | port and resort city in northwestern Jamaica |
Monterrey | An industrial city in northeastern Mexico |
Montreal | A city in southern Quebec province on the Saint Lawrence River |
Morgantown | A city in northern West Virginia on the Monongahela river near the Pennsylvania border |
Moron | A city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires |
Mosul | A city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh |
Moulmein, Mawlamyine | A port city of southern Myanmar on the Gulf of Martaban |
Mukalla, Al-Mukalla | A port in southern Yemen on the Gulf of Aden to the east of Aden |
Mumbai, Bombay | A city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea |
Munich, Muenchen | The capital and largest city of Bavaria in southwestern Germany |
Murmansk | A port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula |
Mwanza | A city in northern Tanzania on Lake Victoria |
Mycenae | An ancient city is southern Greece |
Mysore | A city in southern India to the southwest of Bangalore |
Nablus | An ancient city in the West Bank to the north of Jerusalem |
Nagano | A city in central Honshu to the northwest of Tokyo |
Nagasaki | A city in southern Japan on Kyushu |
Nagoya | An industrial city in southern Honshu |
Naha City | The chief city in the Ryukyu Islands |
Nakuru | A city in western Kenya |
Nalchik | A city in southwestern Russia in a valley of the Caucasus Mountains |
Namur | A city in south central Belgium situated on a promontory between the Meuse River and the Sambre River |
Nanchang, Nan-chang | A walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang |
Nancy | A city in northeastern France in Lorraine |
Nanjing, Nanking | A city in eastern China on the Yangtze River |
Nanning, Nan-ning | An industrial city in southern China |
Nantes | A port city in western France on the Loire estuary |
Naples, Napoli | A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy |
Natal | A port city in northeastern Brazil |
New Haven | A city in southwestern Connecticut |
New Orleans | A port and largest city in Louisiana |
New York, New York City, Greater New York | The largest city in New York State and in the United States |
Newark | The largest city in New Jersey |
Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | A port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne |
Newport | A port city in southeastern Wales |
Newport | A resort city in southeastern Rhode Island |
Newport News | A port city in southeastern Virginia at the mouth of the James River off Hampton Roads |
Niagara Falls | A city in western New York State at the falls of the Niagara river |
Nicaea | An ancient city in Bithynia |
Nice | A city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean |
Nijmegen | An industrial city in the eastern Netherlands |
Nineveh | An ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq |
Nizhnyi Novgorod, Nizhni Novgorod, Gorki, Gorky, Gorkiy | An industrial city in the European part of Russia |
Norfolk | port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay |
Northampton | The principal city of Northamptonshire |
Novgorod | A city in northwestern Russia on the Volkhov River |
Novosibirsk | A city in the Asian part of Russia on the Ob river |
Nuremberg, Nurnberg | A city in southeastern Germany |
Nyala | city in Sudan |
Oakland | A city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco |
Oaxaca, Oaxaca de Juarez | A city of southeastern Mexico |
Odessa, Odesa | A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea |
Odessa | A city in western Texas |
Omaha | largest city in Nebraska |
Omdurman | A city of Sudan |
Omiya | A city of east central Honshu |
Omsk | A city in the Asian part of Russia |
Oran | A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city |
Orizaba | A city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz) |
Orlando | A city in central Florida |
Orleans | A city on the Loire river in north central France |
Osaka | port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay |
Osasco | A city in southeastern Brazil |
Ostrava | An industrial city in northwestern Czech Republic in the Moravian lowlands |
Oujda | A city in northeastern Morocco near the Algerian border |
Oviedo | A city in northwestern Spain near the Cantabrian Mountains |
Oxford | A city in southern England to the northwest of London |
Padua, Padova, Patavium | A city in Veneto |
Palermo | The capital of Sicily |
Papeete | The capital of French Polynesia on the northwestern coast of Tahiti |
Parkersburg | A city in northwestern West Virginia on the Ohio river |
Pasadena | A city in southwestern California to the east of Los Angeles |
Paterson | A city of northeastern New Jersey |
Patras, Patrai | A port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese on an inlet of the Ionian Sea |
Peoria | A city in central Illinois on the Illinois River |
Pergamum | An ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey |
Perm, Molotov | A city in the European part of Russia |
Persepolis | An ancient city that was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire |
Peshawar | city in northern Pakistan at the eastern end of the Khyber Pass |
Philadelphia, City of Brotherly Love | The largest city in Pennsylvania |
Philippi | A city in ancient Macedonia that was important in early Christianity |
Pinsk | A city of southwestern Belarus |
Pisa | A city in Tuscany |
Pittsburgh | A city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River |
Plano | A city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas) |
Plovdiv, Philippopolis | An ancient city in southern Bulgaria |
Pompeii | ancient city to the southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius |
Port Sudan | port city in Sudan on the Red Sea |
Portland | largest city in Maine in the southwestern corner of the state |
Portland | Freshwater port and largest city in Oregon |
Porto, Oporto | port city in northwest Portugal |
Portsmouth, Pompey | A port city in southern England on the English Channel |
Portsmouth | A port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk |
Potsdam | A city in northeastern Germany |
Provo | A city in north central Utah settled by Mormons |
Puebla, Puebla de Zaragoza, Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza | A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau |
Pueblo | A city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springs |
Punta Arenas | A city in southern Chile on the Strait of Magellan |
Pusan | A city in southeastern South Korea on the Korean Strait |
Quezon City | city on Luzon adjoining Manila |
Qum | A city in northwestern Iran |
Racine | A city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan to the south of Milwaukee |
Rasht, Resht | city in northwestern Iran near the Caspian Sea |
Rawalpindi | An ancient city in northeastern Pakistan |
Reading | A city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England |
Recife, Pernambuco | A port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic |
Reno | A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains |
Rheims, Reims | A city in northeastern France to the east of Paris |
Rio de Janeiro, Rio | The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil |
Riverside | A city in southern California |
Roanoke | A city in southwestern Virginia |
Rochester | A city in western New York |
Rockford | A city in northern Illinois |
Rosario | A port city on the Parana River in eastern central Argentina |
Rostock | A city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea |
Rostov, Rostov on Don, Rostov na Donu | A seaport on the Don River near the Sea of Azov in the European part of Russia |
Rotterdam | The 2nd largest city in the Netherlands |
Saint John, St. John | A port in eastern Canada |
Saint Louis, St. Louis, Gateway to the West | The largest city in Missouri |
Salem | A city in northeastern Massachusetts |
Salem | A city in southern India |
Salzburg | city in western Austria |
Samaria | An ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel |
Samarkand, Samarcand | city in southern Uzbekistan |
San Antonio | A city of south central Texas |
San Bernardino | A city in southern California to the east of Los Angeles |
San Diego | A picturesque city of southern California on San Diego Bay near the Mexican border |
San Francisco | A port in western California near the Golden Gate that is one of the major industrial and transportation centers |
San Jose | A city in western California located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay to the south of San Francisco |
San Juan | The capital and largest city of Puerto Rico |
San Luis Potosi | A city in central Mexico |
San Pedro Sula | industrial city in northwestern Honduras |
San Sebastian | A city in northern Spain on the Bay of Biscay near the French border |
Santa Ana | A city in southern California to the east of Long Beach |
Santa Ana | A city in western El Salvador |
Santa Clara | A city of west central California |
Santa Cruz | A city in central Bolivia |
Santiago de Cuba, Santiago | A port city in southeastern Cuba |
Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago | city in the northern Dominican Republic |
Santos | A port city in southwestern Brazil on an offshore island near Sao Paulo |
Sao Bernardo do Campo | A city in southeastern Brazil |
Sao Goncalo | An industrial city in southeastern Brazil across the bay from Rio de Janeiro |
Sao Joao de Meriti | A city in southeastern Brazil that is a residential suburb of Rio de Janeiro |
Sao Jose dos Campos | A city in southeastern Brazil to the northeast of Sao Paulo |
Sao Louis | A city on an offshore island in northeast Brazil |
Sao Paulo | An ultramodern city in southeastern Brazil |
Sapporo | A commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido |
Sarajevo | Capital and largest city of Bosnia |
Saratov | An industrial city in the European part of Russia |
Sardis | An ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey |
Saskatoon | A city in central Saskatchewan |
Savannah | A port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah river |
Sayda, Saida, Sidon | The main city of ancient Phoenicia |
Schenectady | A city of eastern New York on the Mohawk river |
Scranton | An industrial city of northeastern Pennsylvania |
Seattle | A major port of entry and the largest city in Washington |
Sebastopol, Sevastopol | A city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea |
Semarang, Samarang | A port city is southern Indonesia |
Setubal | A port city on the Atlantic coast of Portugal to the southeast of Lisbon |
Sevilla, Seville | A city in southwestern Spain |
Sfax, Safaqis | The second largest city in Tunisia |
Shanghai | The largest city of China |
Sheffield | A steel manufacturing city in northern England famous for its cutlery industry |
Shenyang, Mukden, Moukden, Fengtien | A city in northeastern China |
Shiraz | A city in central southwestern Iran |
Shreveport | A city in northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border |
Sioux City | A city in northeastern Iowa where the Big Sioux River joins the Missouri |
Sioux Falls | largest city in South Dakota |
Smolensk | A city in western Russia on the Dnieper River |
Sodom | (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants |
Soledad | A city in northern Colombia |
Solingen | A city in west central Germany noted for cutlery |
Sousse, Susa, Susah | A port city in eastern Tunisia on the Mediterranean |
South Bend | A city in northern Indiana |
Soweto | A large collection of African townships to the southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa |
Sparta | An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess |
Split | An old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea |
Spokane | A city in eastern Washington near the Idaho border |
Springfield | A city and manufacturing center in southwestern Massachusetts on the Connecticut River |
Springfield | A city of southwestern Missouri |
St. Augustine, Saint Augustine | A resort city in northeastern Florida |
St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg | A city in the European part of Russia |
St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg | A city in western Florida on Tampa Bay |
Stavanger | A port city in southwestern Norway |
Strasbourg, Strassburg | city on the Rhine in eastern France near the German border |
Stuttgart | A city in southwestern Germany famous for innovative / innovative architecture |
Sucre | The judicial capital and seat of the judiciary in Bolivia |
Sudbury | A city in south central Canada in Ontario |
Suez | A city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal |
Sur, Tyre | A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea |
Swansea | A port city in southern Wales on an inlet of the Bristol Channel |
Syracuse, Siracusa | A city in southeastern Sicily / Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC |
Syracuse | A city in central New York |
Tabora | A city in western Tanzania |
Tabriz | An ancient city in northwestern Iran |
Tabuk | A city in northwestern Saudi Arabia |
Tacoma | A city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound to the south of Seattle |
Taegu, Tegu | A city in southeastern South Korea |
Taichung | A city in Taiwan |
Taif | A city in western Saudi Arabia to the east of Mecca |
Taiyuan | An ancient city in northeastern China noted for coal mining and steel production |
Tamale | A city in northern Ghana |
Tampa | A resort city in western Florida |
Tampere, Tammerfors | An industrial city in south central Finland |
Tampico | A port city in eastern Mexico |
Tanga | A port city in northeastern Tanzania on the Indian Ocean |
Tangier, Tangiers | A city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar |
Tangshan | An industrial city of northeastern China in Hebei province |
Tarabulus, Tripoli, Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous | A port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea |
Tartu | A city of southeastern Estonia that was a member of the Hanseatic League |
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Yalo, Tel Aviv-Jaffa | The largest city and financial center of Israel |
Temuco | A city in central Chile to the south of Concepcion |
Tepic | A city in west central Mexico |
The Hague, 's Gravenhage, Den Haag | The site of the royal residence and the de facto capital in the western part of the Netherlands |
Thebes | An ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC |
Thebes | An ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC |
Thessaloniki, Salonika, Salonica, Thessalonica | A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea |
Thorshavn | The administrative center of the Faroe Islands |
Thunder Bay | A port city in Ontario on Lake Superior |
Tianjin, Tientsin, T'ien-ching | A major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea |
Tijuana | A Mexican city just to the south of San Diego on the Lower California peninsula |
Timbuktu | A city in central Mali near the Niger river |
Toledo | An industrial city in northwestern Ohio on Lake Erie |
Toledo | A city in central Spain on the Tagus river |
Torreon | A city in northern Mexico to the west of Monterrey |
Toulon | A port city and naval base in southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast |
Toulouse | A city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux |
Tours | An industrial city in western France on the Loire River |
Toyohashi | A Japanese city in southern Honshu on the Pacific shore |
Toyonaki | A Japanese city in southern Honshu |
Toyota | An industrial city of Japan in southern Honshu |
Trento, Trent | A city in northern Italy (northwest of Venice) on the River Adige |
Trondheim, Nidaros | A port in central Norway on Trondheim Fjord |
Troy, Ilion, Ilium | An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War |
Tucson | A city in southeastern Arizona ringed by mountain ranges |
Tulsa | A major city of northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas river |
Turin, Torino | Capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy |
Tuxtla Gutierrez | A city in southeastern Mexico |
Ufa | A city in the European part of Russia |
Uppsala, Upsala | A city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm |
Ur | An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River |
Urmia, Orumiyeh | A city on the western side of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran |
Utica | An ancient city on the north coast of Africa (northwest of Carthage) |
Utica | A city in central New York |
Utrecht | A city in the central Netherlands |
Valencia | A city in eastern Spain on the Mediterranean |
Valencia | An industrial city in northern Venezuela |
Valparaiso | The chief port and second largest city of Chile |
Vancouver | A port city in southwestern British Columbia on an arm of the Pacific Ocean opposite Vancouver Island |
Varna | A port city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Black Sea |
Vatican City, Citta del Vaticano | The capital of the State of the Vatican City |
Venice, Venezia | The provincial capital of Veneto |
Veracruz | A major Mexican port on the Gulf of Mexico in the state of Veracruz |
Verona | A city in Veneto on the River Adige |
Versailles | A city in north central France near Paris |
Vicente Lopez | An industrial suburb of Buenos Aires |
Villahermosa, Villa Hermosa | A city in southeastern Mexico |
Vina del Mar | A resort city on the Pacific in central Chile |
Virginia Beach | The largest city in Virginia |
Vladivostok | A seaport in the Asian part of Russia |
Volgograd, Stalingrad, Tsaritsyn | A city in the European part of Russia on the Volga |
Waco | A city in east central Texas |
Waterbury | A city in west central Connecticut |
Waterford | A port city in southern Ireland |
Weimar | A German city near Leipzig |
Wheeling | A city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river |
Wichita | The largest city in Kansas |
Wichita Falls | A city in north central Texas near the Oklahoma border |
Wiesbaden | A city in western Germany |
Wilmington | The largest city in Delaware |
Winchester | A city in southern England |
Windsor | A city in southeastern Ontario on the Detroit River opposite Detroit |
Winston-Salem | A city of north central North Carolina |
Worcester | A cathedral city in west central England on the River Severn |
Worcester | An industrial and university city in central Massachusetts to the west of Boston |
Wroclaw, Breslau | A city in southwestern Poland on the Oder |
Wuhan | A city of central China on the Chang Jiang |
Wurzburg, Wuerzburg | A city of south central Germany |
Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan, Hsian | A city of central China |
Yalta | A resort city in Crimea in the southern Ukraine on the Black Sea |
Yokohama | port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan |
Youngstown | A city in northeast Ohio |
Zabrze | An industrial city in southern Poland |
Zaragoza, Saragossa | An ancient city on the Ebro River in northeastern Spain |
Zaria | A city in north central Nigeria |
Zomba | A city in southern Malawi |
Zurich | The largest city in Switzerland |
Parts | city center, city centre, central city | The central part of a city |
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civic center, municipal center, down town | The center of a city |
concrete jungle | An area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant |
financial center | The part of a city where financial institutions are centered |
inner city | The older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city |
medical center | The part of a city where medical facilities are centered |
Narrower | national capital | The capital city of a nation |
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provincial capital | The capital city of a province |
state capital | The capital city of a political subdivision of a country |
Broader | municipality | An urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government |
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Spanish | capital, ciudad, urbe |
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Catalan | ciutat, metròpoli, urbs |
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Adjectives | urban | relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area |
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Verbs | citify | accustom to urban ways / ways |
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