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city (s) (noun), cities (pl)
1. A place where people live and work which is larger than a town: More people seem to be leaving villages and small towns and moving to cities where more jobs are available (sometimes).
2. The people of a large community in a country: Monroe thinks that the entire city has heard the news about the results of the local elections by now.
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Nosology and why diseases expanded around the world
(diseases spread as mankind congregated into a squalor of cities)
Social Insects, Especially Ants
(insects that live in colonies which, in some ways, resemble human cities are ants, bees, wasps, hornets, and termites)
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mother city (s) (noun), mother cities (pl)
The city that is responsible for sending out a colony: The mother city usually provided the equipment and the founder, or chief official, for the colony.

This entry is located in the following unit: Herodotus, The Fifth-Century B.C. Greek Traveler and Historian (page 1)