urban center, n.
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a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
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city metropolis urban center
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city metropolis urban center
sample sentences
"Ancient Troy was a great city"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
instance hyponym
Nicaea
Colossae
Herat
Kandahar, Qandahar
Mazar-i-Sharif
Durres, Durazzo
Annaba
Blida
Oran
Constantine
Huambo, Nova Lisboa
Lobito
Hamilton
Bahia Blanca
Cordoba, Cordova
Moron
Rosario
Vicente Lopez
Dobrich, Tolbukhin
Plovdiv, Philippopolis
Varna
Mandalay
Moulmein, Mawlamyine
Douala
Kandy
Antofagasta
Concepcion
Punta Arenas
Temuco
Valparaiso
Vina del Mar
Chongqing, Chungking
Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton
Lanzhou, Lanchou, Lanchow
Dalian, Talien, Dairen
Luoyang, Loyang
Lushun, Port Arthur
Hangzhou, Hangchow
Nanchang, Nan-chang
Nanning, Nan-ning
Nanjing, Nanking
Shanghai
Shenyang, Mukden, Moukden, Fengtien
Taiyuan
Tangshan
Tianjin, Tientsin, T'ien-ching
Wuhan
Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan, Hsian
Hohhot
Taichung
Hong Kong
Barranquilla
Cali
Medellin
Cartagena
Soledad
Goma
Kananga, Luluabourg
Lubumbashi, Elisabethville
Abidjan
San Pedro Sula
Santa Ana
Colon, Aspinwall
Merida
Campeche
Cancun
Acapulco, Acapulco de Juarez
Chihuahua
Ciudad Juarez, Juarez
Ciudad Victoria
Culiacan
Durango, Victoria de Durango
Guadalajara
Hermosillo
Leon
Matamoros
Mazatlan
Mexicali
Monterrey
Oaxaca, Oaxaca de Juarez
Orizaba
Puebla, Puebla de Zaragoza, Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza
San Luis Potosi
Tepic
Tampico
Torreon
Tijuana
Tuxtla Gutierrez
Veracruz
Villahermosa, Villa Hermosa
Santiago de Cuba, Santiago
Guantanamo
Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago
San Juan
Montego Bay
Brno, Brunn
Ostrava
Cotonou
Arhus, Aarhus
Aalborg, Alborg
Bergen
Stavanger
Trondheim, Nidaros
Malmo
Lund
Goteborg, Goeteborg, Gothenburg
Uppsala, Upsala
Aachen, Aken, Aix-la-Chapelle
Bremen
Bremerhaven
Chemnitz, Karl-Marx-Stadt
Dortmund
Dresden
Leipzig
Solingen
Weimar
Bonn
Cologne, Koln
Braunschweig, Brunswick
Dusseldorf
Essen
Frankfurt on the Main, Frankfurt, Frankfort
Halle, Halle-an-der-Saale
Hamburg
Hannover, Hanover
Lubeck
Mannheim
Munich, Muenchen
Nuremberg, Nurnberg
Potsdam
Rostock
Stuttgart
Wiesbaden
Wurzburg, Wuerzburg
Guayaquil
Espoo
Tampere, Tammerfors
Corinth, Korinthos
Argos
Delphi
Mycenae
Sparta
Ephesus
Patras, Patrai
Troy, Ilion, Ilium
Thebes
Thessaloniki, Salonika, Salonica, Thessalonica
Nablus
Sodom
Gomorrah, Gomorrha
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Yalo, Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Hefa, Haifa
Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo
Samaria
Byzantium
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Aquila, L'Aquila, Aquila degli Abruzzi
Bolzano
Brescia
Ferrara
Naples, Napoli
Messina
Bologna
Brindisi
Genoa, Genova
Cremona
La Spezia
Milan, Milano
Pisa
Syracuse, Siracusa
Turin, Torino
Bari
Palermo
Firenze, Florence
Trento, Trent
Padua, Padova, Patavium
Venice, Venezia
Verona
Brasov
Constantina
Sarajevo
Dubrovnik, Ragusa
Split
Banff
Calgary
Vancouver
Saint John, St. John
Hamilton
Sudbury
Thunder Bay
Windsor
Montreal
Saskatoon
Graz
Linz, Lentia
Salzburg
Innsbruck
Chittagong
Antwerpen, Antwerp, Anvers
Bruges, City of Bridges
Charleroi
Gent, Gand, Ghent
Liege, Luik
Namur
Santa Cruz
Sucre
Belem, Para, Feliz Lusitania, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem
Belo Horizonte
Curitiba
Joao Pessoa
Governador Valadares
Limeira
Natal
Osasco
Rio de Janeiro, Rio
Recife, Pernambuco
Santos
Sao Bernardo do Campo
Sao Goncalo
Sao Joao de Meriti
Sao Jose dos Campos
Sao Louis
Sao Paulo
Lancaster
Manchester
Hull, Kingston-upon Hull
Liverpool
Birmingham, Brummagem
Oxford
Cambridge
Brighton
Bristol
Leeds
Leicester
Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Portsmouth, Pompey
Coventry
Gloucester
Reading
Sheffield
Winchester
Worcester
Northampton
Cork
Galway
Limerick
Waterford
Aberdeen
Glasgow
Newport
Swansea
Alexandria, El Iskandriyah
Aswan, Assuan, Assouan
Giza, El Giza, Gizeh
Memphis
Luxor, El-Aksur
Thebes
Suez
New Delhi, Delhi
Bangalore
Jabalpur, Jubbulpore
Kolkata, Calcutta
Mumbai, Bombay
Agra
Hyderabad
Chennai, Madras
Lucknow
Mysore
Salem
Bandung
Medan
Semarang, Samarang
Abadan
Bam
Mashhad, Meshed
Isfahan, Esfahan, Aspadana
Rasht, Resht
Shiraz
Tabriz
Urmia, Orumiyeh
Qum
Persepolis
Basra, Basia
Kerbala, Karbala, Kerbela
Kirkuk
Mosul
Philippi
Edirne, Adrianople, Adrianopolis
Babylon
Ur
Assur, Asur, Ashur
Nineveh
Utica
Asahikawa
Nagano
Nagoya
Omiya
Osaka
Yokohama
Naha City
Kobe
Kyoto
Hiroshima
Sapporo
Kitakyushu
Fukuoka
Nagasaki
Toyohashi
Toyonaki
Toyota
Al Aqabah, Aqaba, Akaba
Az Zarqa, Zarqa
Kisumu
Mombasa
Nakuru
Bordeaux
Brest
Cannes
Dijon
Grenoble
Le Havre
Lille
Lyon, Lyons
Marseille, Marseilles
Nancy
Nantes
Nice
Orleans
Rheims, Reims
Strasbourg, Strassburg
Toulon
Toulouse
Tours
Versailles
Kumasi
Tamale
Apeldoorn
Arnhem
The Hague, 's Gravenhage, Den Haag
Eindhoven
Nijmegen
Rotterdam
Leiden, Leyden
Utrecht
Thorshavn
Inchon, Incheon, Chemulpo
Kwangju
Taegu, Tegu
Pusan
Tarabulus, Tripoli, Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous
Sayda, Saida, Sidon
Sur, Tyre
Benghazi
Blantyre
Zomba
Kuala Lumpur
Timbuktu
Casablanca
Fez, Fes
Marrakesh, Marrakech
Oujda
Tangier, Tangiers
Beira
Auckland
Christchurch
Ibadan
Katsina
Lagos
Maiduguri, Yerwa-Maiduguri
Zaria
Faisalabad, Lyallpur
Hyderabad
Karachi
Lahore
Peshawar
Rawalpindi
Arequipa
Caloocan
Cebu, Cebu City
Quezon City
Bydgoszcz, Bromberg
Cracow, Krakow, Krakau
Czestochowa
Gdansk, Danzig
Katowice
Lodz
Lublin
Wroclaw, Breslau
Zabrze
Braga
Porto, Oporto
Setubal
Papeete
Medina, Al Madinah
Jeddah, Jed'dah, Jiddah, Jidda
Tabuk
Taif
Hargeisa
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Kimberley
Durban
Bloemfontein
Soweto
Astrakhan
Cherepovets
Grozny, Groznyy
Kaluga
Khabarovsk
Kursk
Nizhnyi Novgorod, Nizhni Novgorod, Gorki, Gorky, Gorkiy
Kazan
St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg
Murmansk
Nalchik
Novgorod
Perm, Molotov
Rostov, Rostov on Don, Rostov na Donu
Saratov
Smolensk
Ufa
Volgograd, Stalingrad, Tsaritsyn
Novosibirsk
Chelyabinsk
Omsk
Vladivostok
Homyel, Homel, Gomel
Pinsk
Tartu
Liepaja
Daugavpils
Klaipeda, Memel
Kaunas, Kovna, Kovno
Donetsk, Donetske, Stalino
Chernobyl
Dneprodzerzhinsk
Dnipropetrovsk, Yekaterinoslav
Kharkov, Kharkiv
Odessa, Odesa
Sebastopol, Sevastopol
Yalta
Almaty, Alma-Ata
Samarkand, Samarcand
Barcelona
Cadiz
Cartagena
Cordoba, Cordova
Granada
Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
Leon
Logrono
Malaga
Oviedo
San Sebastian
Sevilla, Seville
Toledo
Zaragoza, Saragossa
Valencia
Nyala
Port Sudan
Omdurman
Basel, Basle, Bale
Geneva, Geneve, Genf
Lausanne
Zurich
Halab, Aleppo, Alep
Al Ladhiqiyah, Latakia
Dodoma
Mbeya
Mwanza
Tabora
Tanga
Ariana
Ehadhamen
Gafsa
Sfax, Safaqis
Sousse, Susa, Susah
Adana, Seyhan
Antalya, Adalia
Halicarnassus
Istanbul, Stambul, Stamboul, Constantinople
Bursa, Brusa
Izmir, Smyrna
Pergamum
Sardis
Jinja
Gulu
Dubai
Birmingham, Pittsburgh of the South
Huntsville
Mobile
Anchorage
Mesa
Tucson
Anaheim
Bakersfield
Berkeley
Beverly Hills
Chula Vista
Fresno
Long Beach
Los Angeles, City of the Angels, L.A.
Oakland
Pasadena
Riverside
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Ana
Santa Clara
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Bridgeport
New Haven
Waterbury
Wilmington
Fort Lauderdale
Jacksonville
Miami
Miami Beach
Orlando
St. Augustine, Saint Augustine
St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg
Tampa
Augusta
Columbus
Macon
Savannah
Chicago, Windy City
Decatur
Peoria
Rockford
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary
South Bend
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Kansas City
Wichita
Lexington
Louisville
New Orleans
Shreveport
Portland
Baltimore
Cambridge
Springfield
Worcester
Salem
Ann Arbor
Detroit, Motor City, Motown
Flint
Grand Rapids
Duluth
Minneapolis
Independence
Kansas City
Saint Louis, St. Louis, Gateway to the West
Springfield
Billings
Omaha
Las Vegas
Reno
Manchester
Atlantic City
Bayonne
Camden
Jersey City
Newark
Paterson
Albuquerque
Buffalo
New York, New York City, Greater New York
Binghamton
Niagara Falls
Rochester
Schenectady
Syracuse
Utica
Charlotte, Queen City
Durham
Greensboro
Greenville
Winston-Salem
Fargo
Akron
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Dayton
Toledo
Youngstown
Tulsa
Eugene
Portland
Allentown
Erie
Chester
Philadelphia, City of Brotherly Love
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Newport
Charleston
Sioux Falls
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Memphis
Abilene
Amarillo
Arlington
Beaumont
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Dallas
El Paso
Fort Worth
Garland
Houston
Laredo
Lubbock
Odessa
Plano
San Antonio
Waco
Wichita Falls
Provo
Burlington
Newport News
Norfolk
Lynchburg
Portsmouth
Roanoke
Virginia Beach
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Beckley
Clarksburg
Huntington
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Racine
Casper
Vatican City, Citta del Vaticano
Ciudad Bolivar
Cumana
Maracaibo
Maracay
Valencia
Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon
Haiphong
Aden
Hodeida, Al-Hudaydah
Mukalla, Al-Mukalla
Bulawayo
part meronym
concrete jungle
central city, city center, city centre
financial center
civic center, municipal center, down town
inner city
medical center
hypernym
hyponym