City

City

A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.

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Famous quotes containing the word city:

    “No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.”
    —Cyril Connolly (1903–1974)

    “Today’s city is the most vulnerable social structure ever conceived by man.”
    —Martin Oppenheimer (b. 1930)

    “...some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go away, baldhead! Go away, baldhead!””
    —Bible: Hebrew, 2 Kings 2:23.

    Elisha--proving that baldness has been a source of sensitivity for centuries, Elisha cursed them and they died.