city planning town planning urban planning | determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community |
city hall | a building that houses administrative offices of a municipal government |
city university | an urban university in a large city |
Celestial City City of God Heavenly City Holy City | phrases used to refer to Heaven, the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress' |
the City | used to allude to the securities industry of Great Britain |
city desk city room | the editorial department of a newspaper that edits the local news |
Weimar Republic | the German republic founded at Weimar in , The Weimar Republic was overthrown in and replaced by the Third Reich |
city state city-state | a state consisting of a sovereign city |
city metropolis | people living in a large densely populated municipality, the city voted for Republicans in |
city council | a municipal body that can pass ordinances and appropriate funds etc. |
democracy republic commonwealth | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
republic | a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch, the head of state in a republic is usually a president |
banana republic | a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas) |
city line | the boundary of a city |
city center city centre central city | the central part of a city |
city metropolis urban center | a large and densely populated urban area, may include several independent administrative districts, Ancient Troy was a great city |
city district | a district of a town or city |
city | an incorporated administrative district established by state charter, the city raised the tax rate |
city limit city limits | the limits of the area occupied by a city or town |
inner city | the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city |
block city block | a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings, he lives in the next block |
Namibia Republic of Namibia South West Africa | a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa), achieved independence from South Africa in , the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa |
Albania Republic of Albania | a republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula |
Algeria Algerie Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria | a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim, colonized by France in the th century but gained autonomy in the early s |
Angola Republic of Angola | a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean, achieved independence from Portugal in and was the scene of civil war until |
Argentina Argentine Republic | a republic in southern South America, second largest country in South America |
Bulgaria Republic of Bulgaria | a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe |
Burundi Republic of Burundi | a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika |
Cameroon Republic of Cameroon Cameroun | a republic on the western coast of central Africa, was under French and British control until |
Cape Verde Republic of Cape Verde | an island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal |
Central African Republic Central Africa | a landlocked country in central Africa, formerly under French control, became independent in |
Sri Lanka Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Ceylon | a republic on the island of Ceylon, became independent of the United Kingdom in |
Chad Republic of Chad Tchad | a landlocked desert republic in northentral Africa, was under French control until |
Chile Republic of Chile | a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast |
China People's Republic of China mainland China Communist China Red China PRC Cathay | a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia, the most populous country in the world |
Forbidden City | a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China |
Taiwan China Nationalist China Republic of China | a government on the island of Taiwan established in by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong |
Colombia Republic of Colombia | a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, achieved independence from Spain in under the leadership of Simon Bolivar, Spanish is the official language |
Comoros Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros | a country on the Comoro Islands |
Congo Republic of the Congo French Congo | a republic in westentral Africa, achieved independence from France in |
Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire Belgian Congo | a republic in central Africa, achieved independence from Belgium in |
Costa Rica Republic of Costa Rica | a republic in Central America, one of the most politically stable countries in Latin America |
Ivory Coast Cote d'Ivoire Republic of Cote d'Ivoire | a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa |
Guatemala Republic of Guatemala | a republic in Central America, achieved independence from Spain in , noted for low per capita income and illiteracy, politically unstable |
Guatemala City capital of Guatemala | the capital and largest city of Guatemala |
Honduras Republic of Honduras | a republic in Central America, achieved independence from Spain in , an early center of Mayan culture |
El Salvador Republic of El Salvador Salvador | a republic on the Pacific coast of Central America |
Nicaragua Republic of Nicaragua | a republic in Central America, achieved independence from Spain in |
Panama Republic of Panama | a republic on the Isthmus of Panama, achieved independence from Colombia in |
Panama City capital of Panama Panamanian capital | the capital and largest city of Panama |