city

1a :  an inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town or village We spent the weekend in the city.b :  an incorporated British town usually of major size or importance having the status of an episcopal seec capitalized (1) :  the financial district of London (2) :  the influential financial interests of the British economyd :  a usually large or important municipality in the U.S. governed under a charter granted by the statee :  an incorporated municipal unit of the highest class in Canada

2 :  city-state

3 :  the people of a city The city rebelled against the oppressive government.

4 slang :  a thing, event, or situation that is strongly characterized by a specified quintessential feature or quality The movie was shoot-out city. Getting lost in the maze was panic city.