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city

city \'sit-e-\ n [ME citie large or small town, fr. OF cite` capital city, 
   fr. ML (] often attribXcivitat-, civitas, fr. L, citizenship, state, city 
   of Rome, fr. civis citizen - more at HOME 1a: an inhabited place of greater 
   size, population, or importance than a to wn or village 1b: an incorporated 
   British town usu. of major size or importance having th e status of an 
   episcopal see 1c: a usu. large or important municipality in the U.S. 
   governed under a cha rter granted by the state 1d: an incorporated 
   municipal unit of the highest class in Canada  2: CITY-STATE  3: the people 
   of a city