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star city

star city noun: galaxy.

Noun

star city (plural star cities)

  1. (figuratively) galaxy
    • The Sun - our local star - is one of an estimated 200 billion making up our 'star-city', the Galaxy.1994, Nigel Henbest, Heather Couper, Michael Marten, The Guide to the Galaxy, page 3
    • Time paced out the slow, unending centuries, marked them by the revolution of the great, shining wheel of the galaxy, the giant star-city of a billion, billion suns.2014, John Glasby, J.L. Powers, Black Abyss

Proper noun capitalized: Star City

Star City

  1. A small town in Saskatchewan, Canada, named after the first postmaster, Walter Starkey, and within the rural municipality.
  2. A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Star City No. 428) in north central Saskatchewan.
  3. A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Arkansas, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Illinois, United States.
  5. A census-designated place in Pulaski County, Indiana, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in West Branch Township, Missaukee County, Michigan, United States.
  7. A ghost town in Pershing County, Nevada, United States.
  8. A town in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.
  9. A closed city in Moscow Oblast, Russia
  10. A spaceflight reservation in Star City, Moscow Oblast, Russia

Forms of star city

pluralstar cities
alternative formstar-city

Origin of star city

From star + city.

Questions about star city

What does star city mean?
Star city means galaxy.
What part of speech is star city?
Star city can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of star city?
The plural of star city is star cities.

Words near star city in the dictionary

  1. star chamber
  2. star chambers
  3. star chart
  4. star charts
  5. star cities
  6. star city
  7. star clock
  8. star clocks
  9. star cloud
  10. star clouds
  11. star cluster

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Adapted from Wiktionary: star city (page history and authors); Star 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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