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citie

citie is the obsolete spelling of city.

Meaning of city

Noun

city (plural cities)

  1. A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
    • São Paulo is the largest city in South America.
  2. (UK, historical) A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.
    • Manchester, incorporated in 1838, was made the centre of a bishopric in 1847 and became a city in 1853. Liverpool was transformed into a city by Royal Charter when the new diocese of Liverpool was created in 1880.1976, Cornelius P. Darcy, The Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Lancashire, 1760-1860, Manchester University Press, →ISBN, page 20
  3. (Australia) The central business district; downtown.
    • I'm going into the city today to do some shopping.
  4. (slang) A large amount of something (used after the noun).
    • It’s video game city in here!

See all 9 meanings of city

Forms of citie

pluralcities

Questions about citie

What is citie the obsolete spelling of?
Citie is the obsolete spelling of city.

Words near citie in the dictionary

  1. Citian
  2. Citians
  3. Citibank
  4. citicism
  5. citicoline
  6. citie
  7. citied
  8. cities
  9. cities and counties
  10. cities of refuge
  11. cities proper

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Adapted from Wiktionary: citie (page history and authors); city (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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