urban center

noun

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (Freq. 2)

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Ancient Troy was a great city

• Syn: ↑city, ↑metropolis

• Derivationally related forms: ↑metropolitan (for: ↑metropolis), ↑citify (for: ↑city)

• Hypernyms: ↑municipality

• Hyponyms: ↑national capital, ↑provincial capital, ↑state capital

• Instance Hyponyms:

↑Nicaea, ↑Colossae, ↑Herat, ↑Kandahar, ↑Qandahar, ↑Mazar-i-Sharif, ↑Durres, ↑Durazzo, ↑Annaba, ↑Blida, ↑Oran, ↑Constantine, ↑Huambo, ↑Nova Lisboa, ↑Lobito, ↑Hamilton, ↑Bahia Blanca, ↑Cordoba, ↑Cordova, ↑Moron, ↑Rosario, ↑Vicente Lopez, ↑Dobrich, ↑Tolbukhin, ↑Plovdiv, ↑Philippopolis, ↑Varna, ↑Mandalay, ↑Moulmein, ↑Mawlamyine, ↑Douala, ↑Kandy, ↑Antofagasta, ↑Concepcion, ↑Punta Arenas, ↑Temuco, ↑Valparaiso, ↑Vina del Mar, ↑Chongqing, ↑Chungking, ↑Guangzhou, ↑Kuangchou, ↑Kwangchow, ↑Canton, ↑Lanzhou, ↑Lanchou, ↑Lanchow, ↑Dalian, ↑Talien, ↑Dairen, ↑Luoyang, ↑Loyang, ↑Lushun, ↑Port Arthur, ↑Hangzhou, ↑Hangchow, ↑Nanchang, ↑Nan-chang, ↑Nanning, ↑Nan-ning, ↑Nanjing, ↑Nanking, ↑Shanghai, ↑Shenyang, ↑Mukden, ↑Moukden, ↑Fengtien, ↑Taiyuan, ↑Tangshan, ↑Tianjin, ↑Tientsin, ↑T'ien-ching, ↑Wuhan, ↑Xian, ↑Sian, ↑Singan, ↑Changan, ↑Hsian, ↑Hohhot, ↑Taichung, ↑Hong Kong, ↑Barranquilla, ↑Cali, ↑Medellin, ↑Cartagena, ↑Soledad, ↑Goma, ↑Kananga, ↑Luluabourg, ↑Lubumbashi, ↑Elisabethville, ↑Abidjan, ↑San Pedro Sula, ↑Santa Ana, ↑Colon, ↑Aspinwall, ↑Merida, ↑Campeche, ↑Cancun, ↑Acapulco, ↑Acapulco de Juarez, ↑Chihuahua, ↑Ciudad Juarez, ↑Juarez, ↑Ciudad Victoria, ↑Culiacan, ↑Durango, ↑Victoria de Durango, ↑Guadalajara, ↑Hermosillo, ↑Leon, ↑Matamoros, ↑Mazatlan, ↑Mexicali, ↑Monterrey, ↑Oaxaca, ↑Oaxaca de Juarez, ↑Orizaba, ↑Puebla, ↑Puebla de Zaragoza, ↑Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, ↑San Luis Potosi, ↑Tepic, ↑Tampico, ↑Torreon, ↑Tijuana, ↑Tuxtla Gutierrez, ↑Veracruz, ↑Villahermosa, ↑Villa Hermosa, ↑Santiago de Cuba, ↑Santiago, ↑Guantanamo, ↑Santiago de los Caballeros, ↑San Juan, ↑Montego Bay, ↑Brno, ↑Brunn, ↑Ostrava, ↑Cotonou, ↑Arhus, ↑Aarhus, ↑Aalborg, ↑Alborg, ↑Bergen, ↑Stavanger, ↑Trondheim, ↑Nidaros, ↑Malmo, ↑Lund, ↑Goteborg, ↑Goeteborg, ↑Gothenburg, ↑Uppsala, ↑Upsala, ↑Aachen, ↑Aken, ↑Aix-la-Chapelle, ↑Bremen, ↑Bremerhaven, ↑Chemnitz, ↑Karl-Marx-Stadt, ↑Dortmund, ↑Dresden, ↑Leipzig, ↑Solingen, ↑Weimar, ↑Bonn, ↑Cologne, ↑Koln, ↑Braunschweig, ↑Brunswick, ↑Dusseldorf, ↑Essen, ↑Frankfurt on the Main, ↑Frankfurt, ↑Frankfort, ↑Halle, ↑Halle-an-der-Saale, ↑Hamburg, ↑Hannover, ↑Hanover, ↑Lubeck, ↑Mannheim, ↑Munich, ↑Muenchen, ↑Nuremberg, ↑Nurnberg, ↑Potsdam, ↑Rostock, ↑Stuttgart, ↑Wiesbaden, ↑Wurzburg, ↑Wuerzburg, ↑Guayaquil, ↑Espoo, ↑Tampere, ↑Tammerfors, ↑Corinth, ↑Korinthos, ↑Argos, ↑Delphi, ↑Mycenae, ↑Sparta, ↑Ephesus, ↑Patras, ↑Patrai, ↑Troy, ↑Ilion, ↑Ilium, ↑Thebes, ↑Thessaloniki, ↑Salonika, ↑Salonica, ↑Thessalonica, ↑Nablus, ↑Sodom, ↑Gomorrah, ↑Gomorrha, ↑Tel Aviv, ↑Tel Aviv-Yalo, ↑Tel Aviv-Jaffa, ↑Hefa, ↑Haifa, ↑Jaffa, ↑Joppa, ↑Yafo, ↑Samaria, ↑Byzantium, ↑Pompeii, ↑Herculaneum, ↑Aquila, ↑L'Aquila, ↑Aquila degli Abruzzi, ↑Bolzano, ↑Brescia, ↑Ferrara, ↑Naples, ↑Napoli, ↑Messina, ↑Bologna, ↑Brindisi, ↑Genoa, ↑Genova, ↑Cremona, ↑La Spezia, ↑Milan, ↑Milano, ↑Pisa, ↑Syracuse, ↑Siracusa, ↑Turin, ↑Torino, ↑Bari, ↑Palermo, ↑Firenze, ↑Florence, ↑Trento, ↑Trent, ↑Padua, ↑Padova, ↑Patavium, ↑Venice, ↑Venezia, ↑Verona, ↑Brasov, ↑Constantina, ↑Sarajevo, ↑Dubrovnik, ↑Ragusa, ↑Split, ↑Banff, ↑Calgary, ↑Vancouver, ↑Saint John, ↑St. John, ↑Sudbury, ↑Thunder Bay, ↑Windsor, ↑Montreal, ↑Saskatoon, ↑Graz, ↑Linz, ↑Lentia, ↑Salzburg, ↑Innsbruck, ↑Chittagong, ↑Antwerpen, ↑Antwerp, ↑Anvers, ↑Bruges, ↑City of Bridges, ↑Charleroi, ↑Gent, ↑Gand, ↑Ghent, ↑Liege, ↑Luik, ↑Namur, ↑Santa Cruz, ↑Sucre, ↑Belem, ↑Para, ↑Feliz Lusitania, ↑Santa Maria de Belem, ↑St. Mary of Bethlehem, ↑Belo Horizonte, ↑Curitiba, ↑Joao Pessoa, ↑Governador Valadares, ↑Limeira, ↑Natal, ↑Osasco, ↑Rio de Janeiro, ↑Rio, ↑Recife, ↑Pernambuco, ↑Santos, ↑Sao Bernardo do Campo, ↑Sao Goncalo, ↑Sao Joao de Meriti, ↑Sao Jose dos Campos, ↑Sao Louis, ↑Sao Paulo, ↑Lancaster, ↑Manchester, ↑Hull, ↑Kingston-upon Hull, ↑Liverpool, ↑Birmingham, ↑Brummagem, ↑Oxford, ↑Cambridge, ↑Brighton, ↑Bristol, ↑Leeds, ↑Leicester, ↑Newcastle, ↑Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ↑Portsmouth, ↑Pompey, ↑Coventry, ↑Gloucester, ↑Reading, ↑Sheffield, ↑Winchester, ↑Worcester, ↑Northampton, ↑Cork, ↑Galway, ↑Limerick, ↑Waterford, ↑Aberdeen, ↑Glasgow, ↑Newport, ↑Swansea, ↑Alexandria, ↑El Iskandriyah, ↑Aswan, ↑Assuan, ↑Assouan, ↑Giza, ↑El Giza, ↑Gizeh, ↑Memphis, ↑Luxor, ↑El-Aksur, ↑Suez, ↑Delhi, ↑Old Delhi, ↑Bangalore, ↑Jabalpur, ↑Jubbulpore, ↑Kolkata, ↑Calcutta, ↑Mumbai, ↑Bombay, ↑Agra, ↑Hyderabad, ↑Chennai, ↑Madras, ↑Lucknow, ↑Mysore, ↑Salem, ↑Bandung, ↑Medan, ↑Semarang, ↑Samarang, ↑Abadan, ↑Bam, ↑Mashhad, ↑Meshed, ↑Isfahan, ↑Esfahan, ↑Aspadana, ↑Rasht, ↑Resht, ↑Shiraz, ↑Tabriz, ↑Urmia, ↑Orumiyeh, ↑Qum, ↑Persepolis, ↑Basra, ↑Basia, ↑Kerbala, ↑Karbala, ↑Kerbela, ↑Kirkuk, ↑Mosul, ↑Philippi, ↑Edirne, ↑Adrianople, ↑Adrianopolis, ↑Babylon, ↑Ur, ↑Assur, ↑Asur, ↑Ashur, ↑Nineveh, ↑Utica, ↑Asahikawa, ↑Nagano, ↑Nagoya, ↑Omiya, ↑Osaka, ↑Yokohama, ↑Naha City, ↑Kobe, ↑Kyoto, ↑Hiroshima, ↑Sapporo, ↑Kitakyushu, ↑Fukuoka, ↑Nagasaki, ↑Toyohashi, ↑Toyonaki, ↑Toyota, ↑Al Aqabah, ↑Aqaba, ↑Akaba, ↑Az Zarqa, ↑Zarqa, ↑Kisumu, ↑Mombasa, ↑Nakuru, ↑Bordeaux, ↑Brest, ↑Cannes, ↑Dijon, ↑Grenoble, ↑Le Havre, ↑Lille, ↑Lyon, ↑Lyons, ↑Marseille, ↑Marseilles, ↑Nancy, ↑Nantes, ↑Nice, ↑Orleans, ↑Rheims, ↑Reims, ↑Strasbourg, ↑Strassburg, ↑Toulon, ↑Toulouse, ↑Tours, ↑Versailles, ↑Kumasi, ↑Tamale, ↑Apeldoorn, ↑Arnhem, ↑The Hague, ↑'s Gravenhage, ↑Den Haag, ↑Eindhoven, ↑Nijmegen, ↑Rotterdam, ↑Leiden, ↑Leyden, ↑Utrecht, ↑Thorshavn, ↑Inchon, ↑Incheon, ↑Chemulpo, ↑Kwangju, ↑Taegu, ↑Tegu, ↑Pusan, ↑Tarabulus, ↑Tripoli, ↑Tarabulus Ash-Sham, ↑Trablous, ↑Sayda, ↑Saida, ↑Sidon, ↑Sur, ↑Tyre, ↑Benghazi, ↑Blantyre, ↑Zomba, ↑Kuala Lumpur, ↑Timbuktu, ↑Casablanca, ↑Fez, ↑Fes, ↑Marrakesh, ↑Marrakech, ↑Oujda, ↑Tangier, ↑Tangiers, ↑Beira, ↑Auckland, ↑Christchurch, ↑Ibadan, ↑Katsina, ↑Lagos, ↑Maiduguri, ↑Yerwa-Maiduguri, ↑Zaria, ↑Faisalabad, ↑Lyallpur, ↑Karachi, ↑Lahore, ↑Peshawar, ↑Rawalpindi, ↑Arequipa, ↑Caloocan, ↑Cebu, ↑Cebu City, ↑Quezon City, ↑Bydgoszcz, ↑Bromberg, ↑Cracow, ↑Krakow, ↑Krakau, ↑Czestochowa, ↑Gdansk, ↑Danzig, ↑Katowice, ↑Lodz, ↑Lublin, ↑Wroclaw, ↑Breslau, ↑Zabrze, ↑Braga, ↑Porto, ↑Oporto, ↑Setubal, ↑Papeete, ↑Medina, ↑Al Madinah, ↑Jeddah, ↑Jed'dah, ↑Jiddah, ↑Jidda, ↑Tabuk, ↑Taif, ↑Hargeisa, ↑Cape Town, ↑Johannesburg, ↑Kimberley, ↑Durban, ↑Bloemfontein, ↑Soweto, ↑Astrakhan, ↑Cherepovets, ↑Grozny, ↑Groznyy, ↑Kaluga, ↑Khabarovsk, ↑Kursk, ↑Nizhnyi Novgorod, ↑Nizhni Novgorod, ↑Gorki, ↑Gorky, ↑Gorkiy, ↑Kazan, ↑St. Petersburg, ↑Leningrad, ↑Peterburg, ↑Petrograd, ↑Saint Petersburg, ↑Murmansk, ↑Nalchik, ↑Novgorod, ↑Perm, ↑Molotov, ↑Rostov, ↑Rostov on Don, ↑Rostov na Donu, ↑Saratov, ↑Smolensk, ↑Ufa, ↑Volgograd, ↑Stalingrad, ↑Tsaritsyn, ↑Novosibirsk, ↑Chelyabinsk, ↑Omsk, ↑Vladivostok, ↑Homyel, ↑Homel, ↑Gomel, ↑Pinsk, ↑Tartu, ↑Liepaja, ↑Daugavpils, ↑Klaipeda, ↑Memel, ↑Kaunas, ↑Kovna, ↑Kovno, ↑Donetsk, ↑Donetske, ↑Stalino, ↑Chernobyl, ↑Dneprodzerzhinsk, ↑Dnipropetrovsk, ↑Yekaterinoslav, ↑Kharkov, ↑Kharkiv, ↑Odessa, ↑Odesa, ↑Sebastopol, ↑Sevastopol, ↑Yalta, ↑Almaty, ↑Alma-Ata, ↑Samarkand, ↑Samarcand, ↑Barcelona, ↑Cadiz, ↑Granada, ↑Jerez, ↑Jerez de la Frontera, ↑Logrono, ↑Malaga, ↑Oviedo, ↑San Sebastian, ↑Sevilla, ↑Seville, ↑Toledo, ↑Zaragoza, ↑Saragossa, ↑Valencia, ↑Nyala, ↑Port Sudan, ↑Omdurman, ↑Basel, ↑Basle, ↑Bale, ↑Geneva, ↑Geneve, ↑Genf, ↑Lausanne, ↑Zurich, ↑Halab, ↑Aleppo, ↑Alep, ↑Al Ladhiqiyah, ↑Latakia, ↑Dodoma, ↑Mbeya, ↑Mwanza, ↑Tabora, ↑Tanga, ↑Ariana, ↑Ehadhamen, ↑Gafsa, ↑Sfax, ↑Safaqis, ↑Sousse, ↑Susa, ↑Susah, ↑Adana, ↑Seyhan, ↑Antalya, ↑Adalia, ↑Halicarnassus, ↑Istanbul, ↑Stambul, ↑Stamboul, ↑Constantinople, ↑Bursa, ↑Brusa, ↑Izmir, ↑Smyrna, ↑Pergamum, ↑Sardis, ↑Jinja, ↑Gulu, ↑Dubai, ↑Pittsburgh of the South, ↑Huntsville, ↑Mobile, ↑Anchorage, ↑Mesa, ↑Tucson, ↑Anaheim, ↑Bakersfield, ↑Berkeley, ↑Beverly Hills, ↑Chula Vista, ↑Fresno, ↑Long Beach, ↑Los Angeles, ↑City of the Angels, ↑Oakland, ↑Pasadena, ↑Riverside, ↑San Bernardino, ↑San Diego, ↑San Francisco, ↑San Jose, ↑Santa Clara, ↑Colorado Springs, ↑Pueblo, ↑Bridgeport, ↑New Haven, ↑Waterbury, ↑Wilmington, ↑Fort Lauderdale, ↑Jacksonville, ↑Miami, ↑Miami Beach, ↑Orlando, ↑St. Augustine, ↑Saint Augustine, ↑Tampa, ↑Augusta, ↑Columbus, ↑Macon, ↑Savannah, ↑Chicago, ↑Windy City, ↑Decatur, ↑Peoria, ↑Rockford, ↑Evansville, ↑Fort Wayne, ↑Gary, ↑South Bend, ↑Davenport, ↑Cedar Rapids, ↑Sioux City, ↑Kansas City, ↑Wichita, ↑Lexington, ↑Louisville, ↑New Orleans, ↑Shreveport, ↑Portland, ↑Baltimore, ↑Springfield, ↑Ann Arbor, ↑Detroit, ↑Motor City, ↑Motown, ↑Flint, ↑Grand Rapids, ↑Duluth, ↑Minneapolis, ↑Independence, ↑Saint Louis, ↑St. Louis, ↑Gateway to the West, ↑Billings, ↑Omaha, ↑Las Vegas, ↑Reno, ↑Atlantic City, ↑Bayonne, ↑Camden, ↑Jersey City, ↑Newark, ↑Paterson, ↑Albuquerque, ↑Buffalo, ↑New York, ↑New York City, ↑Greater New York, ↑Binghamton, ↑Niagara Falls, ↑Rochester, ↑Schenectady, ↑Charlotte, ↑Queen City, ↑Durham, ↑Greensboro, ↑Greenville, ↑Winston-Salem, ↑Fargo, ↑Akron, ↑Cleveland, ↑Cincinnati, ↑Dayton, ↑Youngstown, ↑Tulsa, ↑Eugene, ↑Allentown, ↑Erie, ↑Chester, ↑Philadelphia, ↑City of Brotherly Love, ↑Pittsburgh, ↑Scranton, ↑Charleston, ↑Sioux Falls, ↑Chattanooga, ↑Knoxville, ↑Abilene, ↑Amarillo, ↑Arlington, ↑Beaumont, ↑Brownsville, ↑Corpus Christi, ↑Dallas, ↑El Paso, ↑Fort Worth, ↑Garland, ↑Houston, ↑Laredo, ↑Lubbock, ↑Plano, ↑San Antonio, ↑Waco, ↑Wichita Falls, ↑Provo, ↑Burlington, ↑Newport News, ↑Norfolk, ↑Lynchburg, ↑Roanoke, ↑Virginia Beach, ↑Seattle, ↑Spokane, ↑Tacoma, ↑Beckley, ↑Clarksburg, ↑Huntington, ↑Morgantown, ↑Parkersburg, ↑Wheeling, ↑Green Bay, ↑Milwaukee, ↑Racine, ↑Casper, ↑Vatican City, ↑Citta del Vaticano, ↑Ciudad Bolivar, ↑Cumana, ↑Maracaibo, ↑Maracay, ↑Ho Chi Minh City, ↑Saigon, ↑Haiphong, ↑Aden, ↑Hodeida, ↑Al-Hudaydah, ↑Mukalla, ↑Al-Mukalla, ↑Bulawayo

• Part Meronyms:

↑concrete jungle, ↑city center, ↑city centre, ↑central city, ↑financial center, ↑civic center, ↑municipal center, ↑down town, ↑inner city, ↑medical center