cityscape

noun

city·​scape ˈsi-tē-ˌskāp 

1

: a city viewed as a scene

2

: an artistic representation of a city

3

: an urban environment

a cityscape cluttered with factories

Examples of cityscape in a Sentence

The cityscape is cluttered with factories.

a photographer who does mostly cityscapes

Recent Examples on the Web

The 1900s-era Haussmann buildings that dot the French cityscape are heritage-protected and require authorization to make changes. — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2026

The narrative conjures meaning from the Los Angeles cityscape by fusing a hodgepodge of textbook theories about the sprawling metropolis onto the gritty reality of daily life. — Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026

Northern Lights illuminate the night sky with vivid purple and green hues above a distant cityscape following a strong solar storm coinciding with the spring equinox in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, on March 20, 2026. — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026

The second stop is the Wilshire/La Cienega Station where artist Soo Kim's cityscape stretches across the platform walls. — Alys Martinez, CBS News, 9 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for cityscape

• agape
• escape
• landscape
• lenape
• reshape
• seascape
• soundscape
• ape
• cape
• crape
• crepe
• drape