city

city: noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, huge, large, sprawling

▪ main, major

▪ small

▪ great

▪ Bangkok is one of the great cities of the world.

▪ bustling, busy, crowded

▪ ancient, historic, old

▪ holy

▪ beautiful

▪ industrial

▪ cosmopolitan

▪ coastal

▪ home, native

▪ Her native city is Tokyo.

▪ capital

▪ second

▪ provincial

▪ cathedral (esp. BrE), port (esp. AmE), university (esp. BrE)

▪ walled

▪ the old walled city of Cartagena

▪ ruined

▪ sister (AmE), twin (BrE)

▪ Bonn is Oxford's twin city.

▪ the sister cities of Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hiroshima, Japan

▪ host

▪ the host city for the Olympic Games

▪ lost

▪ the lost city of Atlantis

VERB + CITY

▪ build, found

CITY + VERB

▪ grow

▪ The city grew rapidly in the 19th century.

▪ flourish

CITY + NOUN

▪ dweller, slicker (informal)

▪ boy, girl

▪ block (AmE), centre/center (esp. BrE), street

▪ The building runs the length of a city block.

▪ Parking is difficult in the city centre/center.

▪ lights

▪ council, government (AmE)

▪ life

▪ limits (esp. AmE)

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the city

▪ We live in a big city.

▪ outside a/the city

▪ There's a park just outside the city.

PHRASES

▪ the centre/center of a city, the heart of a city, the middle of a city

▪ the edge of a city, the outskirts of a city

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Incorporated town

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