MOTHER-CITY Meaning of MOTHER-CITY in English ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : metropolis they still kept in touch with the mother-city — E.R.Bevan Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012