noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , huge , large , sprawling
▪ main , major
▪ small
▪ great
▪
Bangkok is one of the great cities of the world.
▪ bustling , busy , crowded
▪ ancient , historic , old
▪ holy
▪ beautiful
▪ industrial
▪ cosmopolitan
▪ coastal
▪ home , native
▪
Her native ~ is Tokyo.
▪ capital
▪ second
▪ provincial
▪ cathedral ( esp. BrE ), port ( esp. AmE ), university ( esp. BrE )
▪ walled
▪
the old walled ~ of Cartagena
▪ ruined
▪ sister ( AmE ), twin ( BrE )
▪
Bonn is Oxford's twin ~.
▪
the sister cities of Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hiroshima, Japan
▪ host
▪
the host ~ for the Olympic Games
▪ lost
▪
the lost ~ of Atlantis
VERB + CITY
▪ build , found
CITY + VERB
▪ grow
▪
The ~ grew rapidly in the 19th century.
▪ flourish
CITY + NOUN
▪ dweller , slicker ( informal )
▪ boy , girl
▪ block ( AmE ), centre/center ( esp. BrE ), street
▪
The building runs the length of a ~ block.
▪
Parking is difficult in the ~ centre/center.
▪ lights
▪ council , government ( AmE )
▪ life
▪ limits ( esp. AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
We live in a big ~.
▪ outside a/the ~
▪
There's a park just outside the ~.
PHRASES
▪ the centre/center of a ~ , the heart of a ~ , the middle of a ~
▪ the edge of a ~ , the outskirts of a ~