career life history | the general progression of your working or professional life, the general had had a distinguished career, he had a long career in the law |
history lesson | a lesson in the facts of history |
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 |
row house town house | a house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls |
town hall | a government building that houses administrative offices of a town government |
ancient history | knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence |
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' |
natural history | the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals |
history | the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings, he teaches Medieval history, history takes the long view |
art history | the academic discipline that studies the development of painting and sculpture |
history | all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing, a body of knowledge, the dawn of recorded history, from the beginning of history |
history account chronicle story | a record or narrative description of past events, a history of France, he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president, the story of exposure to lead |
ancient history | a history of the ancient world |
case history | detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment |
family history | part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases |
medical history medical record anamnesis | the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient |
biography life life story life history | an account of the series of events making up a person's life |
talk talk of the town | idle gossip or rumor, there has been talk about you lately |
the City | used to allude to the securities industry of Great Britain |
history department department of history | the academic department responsible for teaching history |
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 |
town townspeople townsfolk | the people living in a municipality smaller than a city, the whole town cheered the team |
village small town settlement | a community of people smaller than a town |
city council | a municipal body that can pass ordinances and appropriate funds etc. |
town meeting | government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters |
town meeting | a meeting of the inhabitants of a town |
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 |
civic center municipal center down town | the center of a city |
inner city | the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city |
county town shire town | the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire |
new town | a planned urban community created in a rural or undeveloped area and designed to be self-sufficient with its own housing and education and commerce and recreation |
block city block | a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings, he lives in the next block |
town | an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city, they drive through town on their way to work |
boom town | a town enjoying sudden prosperity |
cow town cowtown | a small town in a cattleaising area of western North America |
ghost town | a deserted settlement (especially in western United States) |
market town | a (usually small) town where a public market is held at stated times |
township town | an administrative division of a county, the town is responsible for snow removal |
George Town | the capital of the Cayman Islands |
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 |