Definition of: city

(sit′ē) noun plural cit·ies
1. A place inhabited by a large, permanent, organized community.
2. In the United States and Canada, a municipality of the first class, governed by a mayor and aldermen and created by charter.
3. Any one of the ancient Greek city–states.
4. The people of a city, collectively.
5. In ancient times, a citadel or central walled section used by the dwellers in a district as a market, a place of worship or festivity, and a refuge in time of invasion.
—The City That part of London which is governed by the Lord Mayor and corporation; also, the financial center of this district. [<F cité <L civitas <civis citizen]