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city

/ˈsɪt.i/ [ˈsɪɾ.i] noun A1
  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. A large amount of something (used after the noun). (slang) · It’s video game city in here!

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But when the Wolf, day after day, kept in the company of the sheep and did not make the slightest effort to seize them, the Shepherd began to look upon him as a guardian of his flock rather than as a plotter of evil against it; and when occasion called him one day into the city, he left the sheep entirely in his charge.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 73 · B2
He lives in the City of Emeralds.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 9 · B2
The rumor of Edmond’s arrest as a Bonapartist agent was not slow in circulating throughout the city.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 37 · C1
“We are on our way to the Emerald City to see the Great Oz,” she answered, “and we stopped at your cottage to pass the night.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 27 · B2

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