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What is the noun for cities?

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city
  1. A large settlement, bigger than a town.
  2. (Britain) A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.
  3. (Australia) The central business district; downtown.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “As she sat in a fast car, Tracy saw the city before her and had a feeling that she belonged, that she could be someone.”
      “Forget your monuments, buildings and other such edifices, this city has trees.”
      “Mass graves were dug on the outskirts of the city for thousands of the bodies.”
cityscape
  1. The view of the buildings of a city, usually referring to a pictured landscape.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It projects the densely built cityscape amidst a set of evocative photographs of the city.”
      “The expatriate's urban cityscape is assembled from large spools of colored thread, empty liquor bottles, and toy cars.”
      “Thousands of doves took to a sky already blackened by a massive cloud pluming over the cityscape.”
cityhood
  1. The status or period of being a city.
  2. Examples:
    1. “He was active in the incorporation of Santa Clarita as a city and served on a citizen transportation committee that predated cityhood.”
citybus
  1. A bus for use in a city
  2. Examples:
    1. “In December 2009 Plymouth Citybus was purchased from Plymouth City Council.”
      “The main private bus company is CityBus, which operates about 20 routes across the country.”
citie
  1. Archaic spelling of city.
cities
  1. plural of city
  2. plural of citie
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  4. Examples:
    1. “From commonwealths and cities I will descend to families, which have as many corsives and molestations, as frequent discontents as the rest.”
      “The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues.”
      “Some southern towns and cities made efforts to limit the activities of the Ku Klux Klan with the passage of antimask laws.”
cityscapes
  1. plural of cityscape
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Glorious shots of the verdant Cuban countryside alternate with graceful, old Spanish cityscapes from Havana.”
      “The artist said he has always been inspired by the cityscapes and urban culture which peppers the environment he grew up surrounded by.”
      “Shlosberg's oil paintings are interwoven with Russian folklore in both large and small-scale surreal landscapes and cityscapes.”
citybuses
  1. plural of citybus
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