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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| city | /x | Noun, Noun |
| megalopolis | xx/xx | Noun |
| metropolises | x/xxx | Noun |
| cosmopolis | xx/x | Noun |
| cosmopolitan | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| suburbs | /x | Noun |
| towns | / | Noun |
| urban | /x | Name |
| environs | x/x | Noun |
| hinterlands | /xx | Noun |
| populous | /xx | Adjective |
| seaport | /x | Noun |
| arcadian | x/xx | Name |
| bustling | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| seaboard | /x | Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun |
| inhabitants | x/xx | Noun |
| wastelands | /x | Noun |
| burg | / | Noun |
| urbanity | x/xx | Noun |
| slums | / | Noun |
| skyline | /x | Noun |
| downtown | // | Noun |
| heartland | /x | Noun |
| frontier | x/ | Noun |
| midtown | /x | Noun |
| urbanized | /xx | Adjective |
| continent | /xx | Noun |
| flourishing | /xx | Adjective |
| thoroughfares | /xx | Noun |
| outskirts | /x | Noun |
| polis | /x | Noun |
| citadel | /xx | Noun |
| neighborhood | /xx | Noun |
| enclave | /x | Noun |
| suburbia | x/xx | Noun |
| denizen | /xx | Noun |
| necropolis | x/xx | Noun |
| teeming | /x | Verb |
| agglomeration | xxx/x | Noun |
| capital | /xx | Noun |
| skyscrapers | /xx | Noun |
| locale | x/ | Noun |
| country | /x | Noun |
| edifice | /xx | Noun |
| capitol | /xx | Noun |
| southland | /x | Name |
| abode | x/ | Noun |
| countryside | /xx | Noun |
| demos | /x | Noun |
| civitas | x/x | Noun |
| ethnic | /x | Adjective |
| aborigines | xx/xx | Noun |
| plebeian | x/x | Adjective |
| colonial | x/xx | Noun |
| ancient history | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| old country | //x | Name, Name |
| patrician | x/x | Noun |
| century | /xx | Noun |
| precolonial | xx/xx | Noun |
| algorithm | /xxx | Verb |
| sprawling | /x | Verb |
| finlay | /x | Name |
| rota | /x | Noun |
| wages | /x | Verb |
| thriving | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| midland | /x | Adjective |
| teller | /x | Noun |
| rambles | /x | Noun |
| polycentric | xx/x | Adjective |
| sunbelt | /x | Adjective |
| next | / | Noun |
| engineer | /x/ | Verb |
| booming | /x | Adjective |
| burgeoning | /xx | Verb |
| polyglot | xxx | Adjective |
| morse | / | Name |
| teotihuacan | xxxxx | Name |
| drake | / | Name |
| exploding | x/x | Verb |
| midwest | x/ | Adjective, Name |
| midwestern | x/x | Adjective |
| exacts | x/ | Verb |
| futuristic | xx/x | Adjective |
| marxism | /xx | Name |
| congested | x/x | Adjective |
| overgrown | xx/ | Adjective |
| sights | / | Noun |
| police | x/ | Noun |
| anonymity | xx/xx | Noun |
| multiethnic | xx/x | Adjective |
| commissioner | x/xx | Noun |
| colonies | /xx | Noun |
| prismatic | x/x | Adjective |
| wolff | / | Name |
| periphery | x/xx | Noun |
| postindustrial | /x/xx | Adjective |
| fragmented | /xx | Adjective |
| tokyo | /xx | Name |
| vibrant | /x | Adjective |
| overcrowded | /xxx | Adjective |
| satellites | /xx | Noun |
| streets | / | Noun |
| shanghai | // | Name |
| budding | /x | Verb |
| calcutta | x/x | Name |
| glittering | /xx | Verb |
| peasant | /x | Adjective |
| tomorrow | x/x | Noun |
| lure | / | Noun |
| expanding | x/x | Verb |
| christendom | /xx | Name |
| crowded | /x | Adjective |
| premier | x/ | Adjective |
| fringes | /x | Noun |
| duncan | /x | Name |
| glories | /x | Noun |
| eluded | x/x | Verb |
| attractions | x/x | Noun |
| delights | x/ | Noun |
| anatomy | x/xx | Noun |
| antioch | /xx | Name |
| modem | /x | Adjective |
| densely | /x | Adjective |
| undisputed | xx/x | Adjective |
| busy | /x | Adjective |
| imperialist | x/xxx | Adjective |
| robot | /x | Noun |
| governing | /xx | Verb |
| imperial | x/xx | Adjective |
| freight | / | Noun |
| modern | /x | Adjective |
| hub | / | Noun |
| galactic | x/x | Adjective |
| empire | /xx | Noun |
| aztec | /x | Adjective |
| aberdeen | /xx | Name |
| acapulco | xx/x | Name |
| acapulco de juarez | xx/x//x | Name, Name |
| adoptive | x/x | Adjective |
| ageless | /x | Adjective |
| akron | /x | Name |
| albuquerque | /xxx | Name |
| aleppo | x/x | Name |
| alexandria | xx/xx | Name |
| anchorage | /xx | Noun |
| ann arbor | //x | Name, Name |
| antwerp | /x | Name |
| aqaba | x/x | Name |
| aquila | /xx | Name |
| archetypal | //x | Adjective |
| argos | /x | Name |
| arrive | x/ | Verb |
| assur | x/ | Name, Adjective |
| aswan | x/ | Name |
| atlantic city | x/x/x | Name, Name |
| babylon | /xx | Name |
| bale | / | Noun, Verb |
| baltimore | /xx | Name |
| bandung | // | Name |
| banff | / | Name |
| barcelona | xx/x | Name |
| bari | /x | Name |
| basel | /x | Name |
| basle | /x | Name |
| bayonne | x/ | Name |
| beckley | /x | Name |
| bedford | /x | Name |
| bergen | /x | Name |
| berkeley | /x | Name |
| beverly hills | /xx/ | Name, Name |
| billings | /x | Noun |
| binational | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| binghamton | /xx | Name |
| birmingham | /xx | Name |
| bloemfontein | /xx | Name |
| bologna | x/x | Name |
| bombay | x/ | Name |
| bonn | / | Name |
| bordeaux | x/ | Name |
| braunschweig | /x | Name |
| breslau | /x | Name |
| bridgeport | /x | Name |
| brighton | /x | Name |
| bristol | /x | Name |
| bruges | /x | Name |
| brunswick | /x | Name |
| buffalo | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| burlington | /xx | Name |
| byzantium | x/xx | Name |
| cadiz | x/ | Name |
| calgary | /xx | Name |
| cambridge | /x | Name |
| camden | /x | Name |
| cancun | /x | Name |
| cannes | / | Name |
| canton | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cape town | // | Phrase, Noun |
| cartagena | xx/x | Name |
| casablanca | xx/x | Name |
| casper | /x | Name |
| cebu | x/ | Name |
| cedar rapids | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| cemetery | /xxx | Noun |
| central city | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| centre | /x | Noun, Verb |
| charleston | /x | Name, Verb |
| charlotte | /x | Name |
| chattanooga | xx/x | Name |
| chernobyl | x/x | Name |
| chester | /x | Name |
| chicago | x/x | Name |
| cincinnati | xx/x | Name |
| ciudad juarez | xx//x | Name, Name |
| civic center | /x/x | Name, Name |
| claustrophobic | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| cleveland | /x | Name |
| closest | /x | Adverb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| cologne | x/ | Noun |
| colorado springs | xx/x/ | Name, Name |
| colossus | x/x | Noun |
| complexly | x/x | Adverb |
| constantinople | xxx/x | Name |
| continuing | x/xx | Noun |
| cordoba | x/x | Name |
| cordova | x/x | Name |
| corinth | /x | Name |
| coterminous | /xxx | Adjective |
| coventry | /xx | Name |
| cracow | /x | Name |
| dallas | /x | Name |
| danzig | /x | Name |
| delhi | /x | Name |
| delphi | /x | Name |
| detroit | x/ | Name |
| dockyard | /x | Noun |
| dresden | /x | Name |
| dubrovnik | x/x | Name |
| durham | /x | Name |
| dusseldorf | /xx | Name |
| el paso | //x | Name, Name |
| emporium | x/xx | Noun |
| essen | /x | Name |
| fargo | /x | Name |
| fayetteville | /xx | Name |
| firenze | x/ | Name |
| florence | /x | Name |
| fort wayne | // | Name, Name |
| fort worth | // | Phrase, Noun |
| frankfort | /x | Name |
| frankfurt | /x | Name |
| fresno | /x | Name |
| fukuoka | xx/x | Name |
| gdansk | / | Name |
| geneva | x/x | Name |
| geneve | x/ | Name |
| genoa | /xx | Name |
| genova | /xx | Name |
| ghetto | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| giza | /x | Name |
| glasgow | /x | Name |
| gomorrah | x/x | Name |
| gorky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| goteborg | /xx | Name |
| gothenburg | /xx | Name |
| granada | x/x | Name |
| great falls | // | Name, Name |
| green bay | // | Phrase, Noun |
| greensboro | /xx | Name |
| guadalajara | xxx/x | Name |
| guangzhou | /x | Name |
| guayaquil | xx/ | Name |
| haifa | /x | Name |
| hamburg | /x | Name, Verb |
| hamilton | /xx | Name |
| hangzhou | /x | Name |
| hannover | /xx | Name |
| hanover | /xx | Name |
| hastings | /x | Name |
| herculaneum | x/x/x | Name |
| hiroshima | xx/x | Name |
| ho chi minh city | ////x | Name, Name |
| hong kong | // | Name, Name |
| houston | /x | Name |
| hull | / | Noun, Verb |
| huntington | /xx | Name |
| ilium | xxx | Noun |
| independence | xx/x | Noun |
| inner city | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| istanbul | xx/ | Name |
| jacksonville | /xx | Name |
| jaffa | /x | Name |
| jerez de la frontera | x///x/x | Name, Name |
| johannesburg | x/xx | Name |
| joppa | /x | Name |
| juarez | /x | Name, Verb |
| kansas city | /x/x | Name, Name |
| karachi | x/x | Name |
| kaunas | /x | Name |
| kazan | /x | Name |
| kharkov | /x | Name |
| koln | / | Name |
| krakow | /x | Name |
| kyoto | /x | Name |
| lancaster | /xx | Name |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| maypole | /x | Noun, Verb |
| girly | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| english | /x | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| semitism | /xxx | Name |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| nickel | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| hellenism | /xxx | Name |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
