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 |
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. |
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 |
Forbidden City | a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China |
Guatemala City capital of Guatemala | the capital and largest city of Guatemala |
Panama City capital of Panama Panamanian capital | the capital and largest city of Panama |
Mexico City Ciudad de Mexico Mexican capital capital of Mexico | the capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center, one of the world's largest cities |
Rome Roma Eternal City Italian capital capital of Italy | capital and largest city of Italy, on the Tiber, seat of the Roman Catholic Church, formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire |
Quebec Quebec City | the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec, situated on the Saint Lawrence River |
Bruges City of Bridges | a city in northwestern Belgium that is connected by canal to the North Sea, in the th century it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League, the old city (known as the City of Bridges) is a popular tourist attraction |
City of London the City | the part of London situated within the ancient boundaries, the commercial and financial center of London |
Westminster City of Westminster | a borough of Greater London on the Thames, contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey |
Lhasa Lassa capital of Tibet Forbidden City | the sacred city of Lamaism, known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers |
Naha City | the chief city in the Ryukyu Islands |
Kuwait Kuwait City Koweit capital of Kuwait | a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait |
Paris City of Light French capital capital of France | the capital and largest city of France, and international center of culture and commerce |
Luxembourg-Ville Luxembourg Luxemburg Luxembourg City capital of Luxembourg | the capital and largest city of Luxembourg |
Cebu Cebu City | an important seaport on the island of Cebu in the Philippines |
Quezon City | city on Luzon adjoining Manila |
Russia | a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the th century with Moscow as the capital, powerful in the th and th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital, overthrown by revolution in |
Soviet Union Russia Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR | a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia, established in , included Russia and other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others), officially dissolved December |
Russia Russian Federation | a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia, formerly Soviet Russia, since an independent state |
European Russia | the part of Russia that is part of Europe |
Asian Russia | the Russia that is part of Asia |
Soviet Russia Russia Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic | formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia |
Volgograd Stalingrad Tsaritsyn | a city in the European part of Russia on the Volga, site of German defeat in World War II in the winter of - |
Belarus Republic of Belarus Byelarus Byelorussia Belorussia White Russia | a landlocked republic in eastern Europe, formerly a European soviet |
Sun City | a residential suburb of Phoenix |
Los Angeles City of the Angels | a city in southern California, motion picture capital of the world, most populous city of California and second largest in the United States |
Denver Mile-High City capital of Colorado | the state capital and largest city of Colorado, located in central Colorado on the South Platte river |
Panama City | a resort and fishing town on the Gulf of Mexico in northwest Florida |
Chicago Windy City | largest city in Illinois, a bustling Great Lakes port that extends miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan |
Mason City | a town in north central Iowa |
Sioux City | a city in northeastern Iowa where the Big Sioux River joins the Missouri |
Dodge City | a town of southwestern Kansas on the Arkansas River, formerly a rowdy cow town |
Kansas City | a city of northeast Kansas on the Missouri River adjacent to Kansas City, Missouri |