city

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A center of population, commerce, and culture; a town of significant size and importance.
• noun An incorporated municipality in the United States with definite boundaries and legal powers set forth in a charter granted by the state.
• noun A Canadian municipality of high rank, usually determined by population but varying by province.
• noun A large incorporated town in Great Britain, usually the seat of a bishop, with its title conferred by the Crown.
• noun The inhabitants of a city considered as a group.
• noun An ancient Greek city-state.
• noun Slang Used in combination as an intensive.
• noun The financial and commercial center of London. Used with the.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A large and important town; any large town holding an important position in the state in which it is situated.
• noun The inhabitants of a city, collectively.
• noun Medina in Arabia, where Mohammed took refuge when driven by conspirators from Mecca, his native city, a. d. 622.
• Pertaining to a city; urban: as, a city feast; city manners; “city wives,”
• Pertaining to the class of tradespeople, as opposed to people of birth.
• One engaged in mercantile pursuits, as distinguished from one whose interests are landed, agricultural, or professional; a business man.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A large town.
• noun A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see.
• noun The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city.
• adjective Of or pertaining to a city.
• adjective See under Council.
• adjective [U. S.] The municipal court of a city.
• adjective [Obs.] a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a city.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A large settlement, bigger than a town.
• noun Australia The central business district; downtown.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
• noun an incorporated administrative district established by state charter
• noun people living in a large densely populated municipality