Related Words for the big city

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aberdeen
/xx
Name, Name
acapulco
xx/x
Name
acapulco de juarez
xx/x//x
Name, Name
acute
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
adult
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
affluent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
agglomeration
xxx/x
Noun
airport
/x
Noun
akron
/x
Name
albuquerque
/xxx
Name
aleppo
x/x
Name
alexandria
xx/xx
Name
ambitious
x/x
Adjective
ample
/x
Adjective
anchorage
/xx
Noun
anglo
/x
Name
ann arbor
//x
Name, Name
antwerp
/x
Name
aqaba
x/x
Name
aquila
/xx
Name
ardent
/x
Adjective
argos
/x
Name
artillery
x/xx
Noun
assur
x/
Name, Adjective
astronomical
xx/xx
Adjective
asuncion
x/x
Name
aswan
x/
Name
atlantic city
x/x/x
Name, Name
auto
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
awesome
/x
Adjective, Noun
awful
/x
Adjective, Adverb
babylon
/xx
Name
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
bale
/
Noun, Verb
baltimore
/xx
Name
bandung
//
Name
banff
/
Name
banner
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
barbie
/x
Name
barcelona
xx/x
Name
bari
/x
Name
basel
/x
Name
basle
/x
Name
basra
/x
Name
bayonne
x/
Name
beau
/
Noun, Verb
beautiful
/xx
Adjective, Noun
beckley
/x
Name
beefy
/x
Adjective
beg
/
Verb, Noun
beijing
x/
Name
belle
/
Name
bergen
/x
Name
berkeley
/x
Name
beverly
/xx
Name
beverly hills
/xx/
Name, Name
bighorn
/x
Noun
billings
/x
Noun
binghamton
/xx
Name
birmingham
/xx
Name
bloemfontein
/xx
Name
board
/
Noun, Verb
bologna
x/x
Name
bombay
x/
Name
bonn
/
Name
bordeaux
x/
Name
borough
/x
Noun
boss
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bouncy
/x
Adjective
bountiful
/xx
Adjective
braunschweig
/x
Name
breslau
/x
Name
bridgeport
/x
Name
brighton
/x
Name
bristol
/x
Name
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
bruges
/x
Name
brunswick
/x
Name
buffalo
/xx
Noun, Verb
building
/x
Noun
bulk
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bulky
/x
Adjective
burlington
/xx
Name
bushy
/x
Adjective, Noun
busy
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
byzantium
x/xx
Name
cadiz
x/
Name
calcutta
x/x
Name
calgary
/xx
Name
cambridge
/x
Name
camden
/x
Name
cancun
/x
Name
cannes
/
Name
canton
/x
Noun, Verb
capacious
x/x
Adjective
cape town
//
Phrase, Noun
capital
/xx
Noun, Adjective
cartagena
xx/x
Name
casablanca
xx/x
Name
casper
/x
Name
castle
/x
Noun, Verb
cebu
x/
Name
cedar rapids
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
cemetery
/xxx
Noun
center
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
central
/x
Adjective, Noun
central city
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
centre
/x
Noun, Verb
charleston
/x
Name, Verb
charlotte
/x
Name
chattanooga
xx/x
Name
cheng
/
Name
chernobyl
x/x
Name
chester
/x
Name
chicago
x/x
Name
chief
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chinatown
/xx
Name
chongqing
//
Name
chubby
/x
Adjective, Noun
chunky
/x
Adjective, Noun
cincinnati
xx/x
Name
cite
/
Verb, Noun
cities
/x
Noun
cityscape
/xx
Noun
ciudad juarez
xx//x
Name, Name
civic
/x
Adjective, Noun
civic center
/x/x
Name, Name
civil
/x
Adjective, Name
civilian
x/x
Adjective, Noun
class
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cleveland
/x
Name
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
coarse
/
Adjective
cologne
x/
Noun
colorado springs
xx/x/
Name, Name
colossal
x/x
Adjective
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
communal
x/x
Adjective
commune
/x
Noun, Verb
community
x/xx
Noun
comprehensive
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
congress
/x
Name, Verb
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
conspicuous
x/xx
Adjective
constantinople
xxx/x
Name
copious
/xx
Adjective
cordoba
x/x
Name
cordova
x/x
Name
corinth
/x
Name
coronado
xx/x
Name
corpulent
/xx
Adjective
cosmic
/x
Adjective
cosmopolitan
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
country
/x
Noun, Adjective
county
/x
Noun, Adjective
coventry
/xx
Name
cracow
/x
Name
crested
/x
Adjective, Name
critical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
crowd
/
Noun, Verb
crowing
/x
Noun
crucial
/x
Adjective
crummy
/x
Adjective, Noun
cumbersome
/xx
Adjective
dallas
/x
Name
damn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
danzig
/x
Name
darn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
daunting
/x
Adjective, Noun
dawg
/
Noun
dawson
/x
Name
debtor
/x
Noun
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
delhi
/x
Name
delphi
/x
Name
detroit
x/
Name
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
dire
/
Adjective, Noun
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
disadvantaged
xx/x
Adjective
district
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
dog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
downtown
//
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
drastic
/x
Adjective, Noun
dresden
/x
Name
dubrovnik
x/x
Name
durham
/x
Name
dusseldorf
/xx
Name
eastern
/x
Adjective
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
edmonton
/xx
Name
el paso
//x
Name, Name
elder
/x
Noun, Verb
eldest
/x
Adjective, Noun
elephantine
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
emporium
x/xx
Noun
enlarged
x/
Adjective
enormous
x/x
Adjective
epic
/x
Noun, Adjective
essen
/x
Name
essential
x/x
Adjective, Noun
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
excellent
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
excessive
x/x
Adjective
expectant
x/x
Adjective, Noun
extended
x/x
Adjective
extensive
x/x
Adjective
extreme
x/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
fallujah
x/x
Name
famous
/x
Adjective, Verb
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fargo
/x
Name
fat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fatty
/x
Noun, Adjective
fayetteville
/xx
Name
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
firenze
x/
Verb
flabby
/x
Adjective
florence
/x
Name
formidable
/xxx
Adjective
fort
/
Noun, Verb
fort wayne
//
Name, Name
fort worth
//
Phrase, Noun
frankfort
/x
Name
frankfurt
/x
Name
fresno
/x
Name
frigging
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
fukuoka
xx/x
Name
fundamental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
funny
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
galactic
x/x
Adjective, Name
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gargantuan
x/xx
Adjective
gdansk
/
Name
general
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
generous
/xx
Adjective
geneva
x/x
Name
geneve
x/
Name
genoa
/xx
Name
genova
/xx
Name
giant
/x
Adjective, Noun
gigantic
x/x
Adjective
giving
/x
Adjective, Noun
giza
/x
Name
glasgow
/x
Name
goddam
/x
Noun
gomer
/x
Name
gomorrah
x/x
Name
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
gorky
/x
Name, Adjective
goteborg
/xx
Name
gothenburg
/xx
Name
gran
/
Noun
granada
x/x
Name
grand
/
Noun, Adjective
grandi
/x
Name
grandiose
xx/
Adjective
grave
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gravid
xx
Adjective
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
great falls
//
Name, Name
green bay
//
Phrase, Noun
greensboro
/xx
Name
gros
/
Name
gross
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
grote
/
Name
grown
/
Adjective
guadalajara
xxx/x
Name
guangzhou
/x
Name
guayaquil
xx/
Name
haifa
/x
Name
hamburg
/x
Name, Verb
hamilton
/xx
Name
handsome
/x
Adjective, Verb
hangzhou
/x
Name
hannover
/xx
Name
hanover
/xx
Name
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
heat
/
Noun, Verb
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
heavyweight
/xx
Adjective, Noun
hebron
/x
Name
hefty
/x
Adjective, Noun
herculaneum
x/x/x
Name
heroic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
highly
/x
Adverb
hiroshima
xx/x
Name
ho chi minh city
////x
Name, Name
holy
/x
Name, Adjective
hometown
/x
Noun
hong kong
//
Name, Name
horrible
/xx
Adjective, Noun
houston
/x
Name
hub
/
Noun
huge
/
Adjective
hulking
/x
Adjective, Noun
hull
/
Noun, Verb
huntington
/xx
Name
ilium
xxx
Noun
immense
x/
Adjective, Noun
imperial
x/xx
Adjective, Name
important
x/x
Adjective
impressive
x/x
Adjective
independence
xx/x
Noun
inner city
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
innermost
/xx
Adjective, Noun
intemperate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
intense
x/
Adjective
ira
/x
Name
istanbul
xx/
Name
jackpot
/x
Noun, Verb
jacksonville
/xx
Name
jaffa
/x
Name
jerez de la frontera
x///x/x
Name, Name
jerusalem
x/xx
Name
johannesburg
x/xx
Name
joppa
/x
Name
juarez
/x
Name, Verb
juicy
/x
Adjective
jumbo
/x
Adjective, Noun
kabul
/x
Name
kansas city
/x/x
Name, Name
karachi
x/x
Name
kaunas
/x
Name
kazan
/x
Name
keen
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
kharkov
/x
Name
kirkuk
x/
Name
koln
/
Name
krakow
/x
Name
kuwait
x/
Name
kyoto
/x
Name
lakes
/
Noun
lancaster
/xx
Name
lanzhou
x/
Name
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
las vegas
//x
Name, Name
leading
/x
Adjective, Noun
leeds
/
Name
leicester
/x
Name
leiden
/x
Name
leipzig
/x
Name
leningrad
/xx
Name
leopard
/x
Noun
leyden
/x
Name
liberal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
linn
/
Name
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
liverpool
/xx
Name
local
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
locality
x/xx
Noun
located
/xx
Adjective
location
x/x
Noun
lodz
/
Name
lofty
/x
Adjective, Noun
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
long beach
//
Phrase, Noun
los angeles
//xx
Name, Name
loud
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
louisville
/xx
Name
lounge
/
Noun, Verb
lovely
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
lucrative
/xx
Adjective
lund
/
Name
lupus
/x
Noun
luxor
/x
Name
lynchburg
/x
Name
lyon
/x
Name
macro
/x
Adjective, Noun
madras
/x
Name
magnanimous
x/xx
Adjective
magnitude
/xx
Noun
main
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
mainstream
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
majestic
x/x
Adjective
major
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
mall
/
Noun, Verb
mammoth
/x
Adjective, Noun
manchester
/xx
Name
mandalay
/xx
Name
manhattan
x/x
Name
mannheim
/x
Name
manor
/x
Noun
many
/x
Adjective, Noun
mari
/x
Name
marked
/
Adjective
market
/x
Noun, Verb
marseilles
x/
Name
mass
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
massive
/x
Adjective, Noun
mature
x/
Adjective, Verb
mayor
/x
Noun
mcdonald
x/x
Name
mecca
/x
Name
medical center
/xx/x
Name, Name
medina
x/x
Name
mega
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
memphis
/x
Name
merida
x/x
Name
meshed
/
Adjective, Noun
messina
x/x
Name
metro
/x
Noun, Adjective
metropolis
x/xx
Noun
metropolitan
xx/xx
Name, Adjective
miami
x/x
Name
midtown
/x
Noun
midwestern
x/x
Adjective
mighty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
milan
x/
Name
milano
x/x
Name
milwaukee
x/x
Name
minneapolis
xx/xx
Name
mobile
/x
Adjective, Name
molotov
/xx
Name, Verb
mombasa
x/x
Name
momentous
x/x
Adjective
monolithic
xx/x
Adjective
monstrous
/x
Adjective
montreal
xx/
Name
monumental
xx/x
Adjective
morgantown
/xx
Name
mosul
/x
Name
mountainous
/xx
Adjective
much
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
multiethnic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
multiracial
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
munich
/x
Name
municipal
x/xx
Adjective, Name
municipality
xxx/xx
Noun
mycenae
xx/
Name
nablus
/x
Name
nagasaki
xx/x
Name
nanjing
/x
Name
nanking
/x
Name
naples
/x
Name
natal
/x
Name, Adjective
naughty
/x
Adjective, Verb
neighborhood
/xx
Noun
new haven
//x
Name, Name
new orleans
//xx
Name, Name
new york
//
Name, Name
new york city
///x
Name, Name
newark
/x
Name
newcastle
/xx
Name
newport
/x
Name
niagara falls
x/x/
Name, Name
nice
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
nijmegen
//x
Name
nineveh
/xx
Name
norfolk
/x
Name
northeastern
x/x
Adjective
northern
/x
Adjective, Name
novosibirsk
xxx/
Name
oakland
/x
Name
oaxaca
/xx
Name
obvious
/xx
Adjective
odessa
x/x
Name
old
/
Adjective, Noun
omaha
/xx
Name
oran
x/
Name
orlando
x/x
Name
orleans
/xx
Name
osaka
x/x
Name
outsized
/x
Adjective
overall
/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
overarching
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
oversize
xx/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
oversized
/xx
Adjective
overweight
xx/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
overwhelming
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
oxford
/x
Name
padova
x/x
Name
padua
/xx
Name
paige
/
Name
palermo
x/x
Name
paramount
/xx
Adjective, Name
pasadena
xx/x
Name
peg
/
Noun, Verb
people
/x
Noun, Verb
perm
/
Noun, Verb
pernambuco
xx/x
Name
persepolis
x/xx
Name
petrograd
/xx
Name
philadelphia
xx/xx
Name
pisa
/x
Name
pittsburgh
/x
Name
place
/
Noun, Verb
plantation
x/x
Noun
polis
/x
Noun
pompeii
//x
Name
port
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
portland
/x
Name
powerful
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
precinct
/x
Noun
pregnant
/x
Adjective, Noun
pretty
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
primary
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
principal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
prodigious
x/x
Adjective, Adverb
profound
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
prominent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
proud
/
Adjective, Noun
provost
/x
Noun, Verb
public square
/x/
Phrase, Noun
pueblo
/x
Noun
puffy
/x
Adjective
punta arenas
/xx/x
Name, Adjective
pusan
/x
Name
quebec
x/
Name
quoted
/x
Verb
québec
/x
Name
racine
x/
Name
ram
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
ranch
/
Noun, Verb
rangy
/x
Adjective
reading
/x
Noun
real
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
recife
x/x
Name
redneck
/x
Noun
remarkable
x/xx
Adjective
reno
/x
Name
resounding
x/x
Adjective
rich
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
riding
/x
Noun
rio
/x
Name
rio de janeiro
/x/x/x
Name, Name
roanoke
/xx
Name
rochester
/xx
Name
roomy
/x
Adjective, Noun
rotterdam
/xx
Name
rough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
rude
/
Adjective
rural
/x
Adjective, Noun
sacred
/x
Adjective
saigon
x/
Name
saint augustine
//xx
Name, Name
saint john
//
Name, Name
saint petersburg
//xx
Name, Name
salem
/x
Name
salonika
x/xx
Name
samarkand
/xx
Name
san antonio
/x/xx
Name, Name
san diego
/x/x
Name, Name
san francisco
/x/x
Name, Name
san jose
/x/
Name, Name
san juan
//
Name, Name
santa clara
/x/x
Name, Name
sao paulo
//x
Name, Name
sapporo
x/x
Name
sarajevo
xx/x
Name
saratov
/xx
Name
saskatoon
/xx
Name
savannah
x/x
Name
schenectady
x/xx
Name
seaport
/x
Noun
seat
/
Noun, Verb
seattle
x/x
Name
sebastopol
xx/x
Name
selma
/x
Name
senior
/x
Adjective, Name
serious
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
sevastopol
/x/x
Name
severe
x/
Adjective, Noun
seville
x/
Name
shanghai
//
Name, Verb
sharp
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sheer
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sheffield
/x
Name
shenyang
x/
Name
shenzhen
/x
Name
shing
/
Noun, Verb
shipyard
/x
Noun
shiraz
x/
Name
significant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
sincere
x/
Adjective, Noun
sioux city
//x
Name, Name
sioux falls
//
Name, Name
situated
/xxx
Adjective
sizable
/xx
Adjective
size
/
Noun, Verb
sizeable
/xx
Adjective
slum
/
Noun, Verb
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sodom
/x
Name
soleil
x/
Name
southeastern
x/x
Adjective
southern
/x
Adjective, Name
soweto
x/x
Name
spacious
/x
Adjective
sparta
/x
Name
special
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
square
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
stalingrad
/xx
Name
state
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stocky
/x
Adjective
stout
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
strasbourg
/x
Name
street
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
strenuous
/xx
Adjective
strong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
study
/x
Noun, Verb
stupendous
x/x
Adjective
stupid
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
stuttgart
/x
Name
substantial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
substantive
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
suburb
/x
Noun
super
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
swansea
/xx
Name
swelled
/
Adjective
synagogue
/xx
Noun
syracuse
/xx
Name
tabriz
/x
Name
tacoma
x/x
Name
tai
/
Noun
tall
/
Adjective, Noun
tampa
/x
Name
tangier
/xx
Name
tate
/
Name
tel aviv
/x/
Name, Name
temple
/x
Noun, Verb
terrible
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
terrific
x/x
Adjective
thebes
/
Name
thick
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
thumping
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
thunder
/x
Noun, Verb
tianjin
x/x
Name
tientsin
/x
Name
tijuana
x/x
Name
timbuktu
xx/
Name
titanic
x/x
Name, Adjective
toledo
x/x
Name
top
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
torino
x/x
Name
toronto
x/x
Name
tough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
town
/
Noun
township
/x
Noun
tremendous
x/x
Adjective
tripoli
/xx
Name
trondheim
/x
Name
troy
/
Name, Adjective
true
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
trusty
/x
Adjective, Noun
tucson
/x
Name
tulsa
/x
Name
turin
/x
Name
ufa
/x
Name
underclass
/xx
Noun
underprivileged
/x/x
Adjective, Noun
university
xx/xx
Name
uptown
//
Name, Adverb, Adjective
urban
/x
Adjective, Name
urbana
x/x
Name
urbanization
xxx/x
Noun
utica
/xx
Name
utmost
/x
Adjective, Noun
utrecht
xx
Name
valencia
x/xx
Name
valparaiso
xx/x
Name
vancouver
x/x
Name
vast
/
Adjective, Noun
venezia
x/xx
Noun
venice
/x
Name
veracruz
x/x
Name
verona
x/x
Name
versailles
x/
Name
very
/x
Adverb, Adjective
villa
/x
Noun
village
/x
Noun
vina del mar
/x//
Name, Name
vital
/x
Adjective, Noun
vladivostok
xx/x
Name
voluminous
x/xx
Adjective
waist
/
Noun
warm
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
weimar
/x
Name
west
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
western
/x
Adjective, Name
whacking
/x
Adjective, Noun
wheeling
/x
Noun
whole
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
wholesale
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
whopping
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
wichita
/xx
Name
wide
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
widespread
//
Adjective
wilmington
/xx
Name
windsor
/x
Name
windy city
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
with child
//
Phrase, Noun
wonderful
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
worcester
/x
Name
wroclaw
/x
Name
yalta
/x
Name
york
/
Name, Verb
younger
/x
Noun
zaragoza
xx/x
Name
zurich
/x
Name