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1 sprawling metropolis
Общая лексика: крупный город, раскинувшийся на большой площади -
2 sprawling
sprawling ['sprɔ:lɪŋ](body) affalé; (suburbs, metropolis) tentaculaire;∎ sprawling handwriting écriture f irrégulière et étalée -
3 крупный город, раскинувшийся на большой площади
General subject: sprawling metropolisУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > крупный город, раскинувшийся на большой площади
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4 city
1. n город; большой город; город, имеющий муниципалитетcore city — старая, центральная часть города
2. n Сити; деловой центр Лондона3. n финансовые и коммерческие круги АнглииCity man — финансист, коммерсант, делец; представитель деловых кругов
Eternal City — Вечный город, Рим
4. n амер. сл. состояние, положениеCity College — «городской университет»
city charter — пожалованная грамота городу; городской устав, городское положение
Синонимический ряд:1. municipal (adj.) burghal; civic; civil; county; metropolitan; municipal; urban2. municipality (noun) big town; capital; downtown; inner city; megalopolis; metropolis; municipality; suburb; town; trading center; urban areaАнтонимический ряд:country; rural
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