-
1 city
city [ˈsɪtɪ]1. nouna. (grande) ville f2. compounds[streets] de la ville ; [offices, authorities] municipal► city hall noun mairie f ; (in large towns) hôtel m de ville ; (US) ( = city authorities) administration f municipale━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━‼|/b] [b]city ≠ cité━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Si l'on sait que « The Big Apple » désigne la ville de New York (« apple » est un terme d'argot signifiant « grande ville »), on connaît moins les surnoms donnés aux autres grandes villes américaines. Chicago est surnommée « Windy City » à cause des rafales soufflant du lac Michigan, La Nouvelle-Orléans doit son nom de « Big Easy » à son style de vie décontracté, et l'industrie automobile a donné à Detroit son surnom de « Motown ».D'autres villes sont familièrement désignées par leurs initiales: « LA » pour Los Angeles, « Big D » pour Dallas, ou par des diminutifs: « Vegas » pour Las Vegas, « Frisco » pour San Francisco, « Philly » pour Philadelphie.* * *['sɪtɪ]1) ( town) (grande) ville f2) GB -
2 city
A n1 ( town) (grande) ville f ; the medieval city la cité médiévale ; city streets/people rues/gens de la ville ; city life vie citadine ;2 GB the City la City ;3 ( population) ville f. -
3 recapture
См. также в других словарях:
The Magic City (Helium album) — Infobox Album Name = The Magic City Type = Studio album Artist = Helium Released = September 9, 1997 Recorded = 1997 Genre = Indie rock, Alternative rock Length = 51:40 Label = Matador Records Producer = Mitch Easter and Helium Reviews =… … Wikipedia
Architecture of the medieval cathedrals of England — The medieval cathedrals of England, dating from between approximately 1040 and 1540, are a group of twenty five buildings which together constitute a major aspect of the country’s artistic heritage and are among the most significant material… … Wikipedia
City of Caves — Established 2004 Location Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom Website … Wikipedia
The Old Gate — (Altpoertel) was the west city gate of Speyer. With a height of 55 meters it is one of the highest and most important city gates of Germany. It was first mentioned in documents in 1176. It was one of 68 wall and gate towers of the free imperial… … Wikipedia
The Country Wife — is a Restoration comedy written in 1675 by William Wycherley. A product of the tolerant early Restoration period, the play reflects an aristocratic and anti Puritan ideology, and was controversial for its sexual explicitness even in its own time … Wikipedia
Medieval commune — Defensive towers at San Gimignano, Tuscany, bear witness to the factional strife within communes. Medieval communes in the European Middle Ages had sworn allegiances of mutual defense (both physical defense and of traditional freedoms) among the… … Wikipedia
city — cityless, adj. citylike, adj. /sit ee/, n., pl. cities. 1. a large or important town. 2. (in the U.S.) an incorporated municipality, usually governed by a mayor and a board of aldermen or councilmen. 3. the inhabitants of a city collectively: The … Universalium
Medieval Merchant's House — The Medieval Merchant s House 58 French Street Former names Mrs Collins Lodging House; the Bull s Head public house … Wikipedia
Medieval Bulgarian army — Participant in the wars of the Bulgarian Empire Khan Krum feasts with a skull cup made of Emperor Nicephorus Is head following the victory in t … Wikipedia
The Lichfield Festival — is an annual multi art form festival held in Lichfield, Staffordshire, which aims to combine high quality, challenging and diverse events of an international calibre, alongside community based, locally sourced activities. Performances include… … Wikipedia
The Pied Piper of Hamelin — is a legend about the abduction of many children from the town of Hamelin ( Hameln ), Germany. Famous versions of the legend are given by the Brothers Grimm and, in English, by Robert Browning.PlotIn 1284, while the town of Hamelin was suffering… … Wikipedia
