A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small.

The meaning of CITY is an inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town or village. How to use city in a sentence.

Nov 22, 2025 · City, relatively permanent and highly organized center of population, of greater size or importance than a town or village. The name city is given to certain urban communities …

The City is the part of London where many important financial institutions have their main offices. People often refer to these financial institutions as the City.

(Definition of city from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

A city is an area in which a large number of people live fairly close together. Cities usually have their own separate governments and systems for maintaining and providing utilities and …

Oct 19, 2021 · A city is a large urban area with a greater geographical area, higher population, and population density, and is more developed than a town. On the other hand, a town is an …