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principal city

noun

Etymology

From principal + city.

  1. derived from *ḱey-✻ — “lie down; settle”
  2. derived from civitas
  3. derived from citet
  4. inherited from cite
  5. compounded as principal city — “principal + city”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of central city (“the main city of a metropolitan area

    Synonym of central city (“the main city of a metropolitan area; particularly one containing multiple cities”).

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see principal, city.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA