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City vs Subdivision - What's the difference?

city | subdivision |

As a proper noun city

is (uk) a popular shortened form of the city of london, the historic core of london where the roman settlement of londinium was established.

As a noun subdivision is

(countable|uncountable) a division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided; to separate something.

city

English

(wikipedia city)

Alternative forms

* cyte

Noun

(cities)
  • A large settlement, bigger than a town.
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  • *:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city'; the ' city of one's dreams.
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  • (lb) The central business district; downtown.
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    • Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the above definition of "city") * citify * citizen * city banker * city block * city boy * city center * city centre * city clerk * city desk * city district * city father * city girl * city hall * city limit * city line * city man * city manager * city planning * city room * city slicker * city-state * cityscape * citywide * (l) * holy city * inner city/inner-city * sister city * the city * twin city (city)

    Related terms

    * civic * civil

    See also

    * metropolis * megalopolis * megacity

    Statistics

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    subdivision

    English

    Noun

  • (countable, uncountable) a division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided; to separate something
    • Subdivide the sentence into pieces and understand it a bit at a time.
  • (countable) such a piece that has been divided
    • Work on one subdivision at a time.
  • (countable) a parcel of land that has been divided into lots
  • (countable) a group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area
    • They're putting in a new subdivision out past Black Ranch Road.

    Derived terms

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