city

  • noun (pl. cities) 1 a large town, in particular (Brit.) a town created a city by charter and containing a cathedral. 2 (the City) the part of London governed by the Lord Mayor and the Corporation. 3 the financial and commercial institutions in this part of London.

  — ORIGIN Old French cite, from Latin civitas, from civis ‘citizen’.

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