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Multi-word Results
anticity |
hostile, opposed, or causing harm to urban environments. |
Carson City |
the capital of Nevada. |
central city |
the city at about the center of a metropolitan area, as distinguished from suburbs and smaller towns. |
city chicken |
see "mock chicken." |
city council |
the elected governing body of a city, whose functions include enacting city laws or ordinances, imposing taxes, and appropriating funds. |
city father |
an important male city official, such as a mayor or councilman. |
city hall |
the building that houses the offices of city officials. [2 definitions] |
city manager |
a person appointed by a city council to oversee and direct the affairs of the city. |
city planner |
one whose profession is city planning. |
city planning |
the study or practice of creating plans for the use of land and space in a city, including the development and location of roads, parks, residential and business areas, hospitals, stadiums, and the like. |
city-state |
a self-governing state made up of a city and its surrounding territory. |
Forbidden City |
a vast, walled complex of buildings in Beijing, China, formerly the Imperial Palace (1491-1911), now open to the public as the Palace Museum. |
free city |
a city having its own sovereign government under international control. |
Ho Chi Minh City |
a seaport in southern Vietnam, formerly Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. |
inner city |
the neighborhoods in or closest to the center of a city, usu. old, run-down, and inhabited by poor and disadvantaged people. |
Jefferson City |
the capital of Missouri. |
Mexico City |
the capital of Mexico. |
New York City |
a metropolis in the southeast corner of New York State. |
Oklahoma City |
the capital of Oklahoma. |
open city |
a city in a war zone that is officially declared to be demilitarized and open to enemy occupation, and is thus rendered immune, by international law, to attack or bombardment. |
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