is a specific kind of: municipality.

is a broader term that covers: national capital | provincial capital | state capital.

instances of which are: Nicaea | Colossae | Herat | Kandahar, Qandahar | Mazar-i-Sharif | Durazzo, Durres | Annaba | Blida | Oran | Constantine | Huambo, Nova Lisboa | Lobito | Hamilton | Bahia Blanca | Cordoba, Cordova | Moron | Rosario | Vicente Lopez | Dobrich, Tolbukhin | Philippopolis, Plovdiv | Varna | Mandalay | Mawlamyine, Moulmein | Douala | Kandy | Antofagasta | Concepcion | Punta Arenas | Temuco | Valparaiso | Vina del Mar | Chongqing, Chungking | Canton, Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow | Lanchou, Lanchow, Lanzhou | Dairen, Dalian, Talien | Loyang, Luoyang | Lushun, Port Arthur | Hangchow, Hangzhou | Nan-chang, Nanchang | Nan-ning, Nanning | Nanjing, Nanking | Shanghai | Fengtien, Moukden, Mukden, Shenyang | Taiyuan | Tangshan | T'ien-ching, Tianjin, Tientsin | Wuhan | Changan, Hsian, Sian, Singan, Xian | Hohhot | Taichung | Hong Kong | Barranquilla | Cali | Medellin | Cartagena | Soledad | Goma | Kananga, Luluabourg | Elisabethville, Lubumbashi | Abidjan | San Pedro Sula | Santa Ana | Aspinwall, Colon | Merida | Campeche | Cancun | Acapulco, Acapulco de Juarez | Chihuahua | Ciudad Juarez, Juarez | Ciudad Victoria | Culiacan | Durango, Victoria de Durango | Guadalajara | Hermosillo | Leon | Matamoros | Mazatlan | Mexicali | Monterrey | Oaxaca, Oaxaca de Juarez | Orizaba | Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla, Puebla de Zaragoza | San Luis Potosi | Tepic | Tampico | Torreon | Tijuana | Tuxtla Gutierrez | Veracruz | Villa Hermosa, Villahermosa | Santiago, Santiago de Cuba | Guantanamo | Santiago, Santiago de los Caballeros | San Juan | Montego Bay | Brno, Brunn | Ostrava | Cotonou | Aarhus, Arhus | Aalborg, Alborg | Bergen | Stavanger | Nidaros, Trondheim | Malmo | Lund | Goeteborg, Goteborg, Gothenburg | Uppsala, Upsala | Aachen, Aix-la-Chapelle, Aken | Bremen | Bremerhaven | Chemnitz, Karl-Marx-Stadt | Dortmund | Dresden | Leipzig | Solingen | Weimar | Bonn | Cologne, Koln | Braunschweig, Brunswick | Dusseldorf | Essen | Frankfort, Frankfurt, Frankfurt on the Main | Halle, Halle-an-der-Saale | Hamburg | Hannover, Hanover | Lubeck | Mannheim | Muenchen, Munich | Nuremberg, Nurnberg | Potsdam | Rostock | Stuttgart | Wiesbaden | Wuerzburg, Wurzburg | Guayaquil | Espoo | Tammerfors, Tampere | Corinth, Korinthos | Argos | Delphi | Mycenae | Sparta | Ephesus | Patrai, Patras | Ilion, Ilium, Troy | Thebes | Salonica, Salonika, Thessalonica, Thessaloniki | Nablus | Sodom | Gomorrah, Gomorrha | Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Tel Aviv-Yalo | Haifa, Hefa | Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo | Samaria | Byzantium | Pompeii | Herculaneum | Aquila, Aquila degli Abruzzi, L'Aquila | Bolzano | Brescia | Ferrara | Naples, Napoli | Messina | Bologna | Brindisi | Genoa, Genova | Cremona | La Spezia | Milan, Milano | Pisa | Siracusa, Syracuse | Torino, Turin | Bari | Palermo | Firenze, Florence | Trent, Trento | Padova, Padua, Patavium | Venezia, Venice | Verona | Brasov | Constantina | Sarajevo | Dubrovnik, Ragusa | Split | Banff | Calgary | Vancouver | Saint John, St. John | Hamilton | Sudbury | Thunder Bay | Windsor | Montreal | Saskatoon | Graz | Lentia, Linz | Salzburg | Innsbruck | Chittagong | Antwerp, Antwerpen, Anvers | Bruges, City of Bridges | Charleroi | Gand, Gent, Ghent | Liege, Luik | Namur | Santa Cruz | Sucre | Belem, Feliz Lusitania, Para, Santa Maria de Belem, St. Mary of Bethlehem | Belo Horizonte | Curitiba | Joao Pessoa | Governador Valadares | Limeira | Natal | Osasco | Rio, Rio de Janeiro | Pernambuco, Recife | Santos | Sao Bernardo do Campo | Sao Goncalo | Sao Joao de Meriti | Sao Jose dos Campos | Sao Louis | Sao Paulo | Lancaster | Manchester | Hull, Kingston-upon Hull | Liverpool | Birmingham, Brummagem | Oxford | Cambridge | Brighton | Bristol | Leeds | Leicester | Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Pompey, Portsmouth | Coventry | Gloucester | Reading | Sheffield | Winchester | Worcester | Northampton | Cork | Galway | Limerick | Waterford | Aberdeen | Glasgow | Newport | Swansea | Alexandria, El Iskandriyah | Assouan, Assuan, Aswan | El Giza, Giza, Gizeh | Memphis | El-Aksur, Luxor | Thebes | Suez | Delhi, New Delhi | Bangalore | Jabalpur, Jubbulpore | Calcutta, Kolkata | Bombay, Mumbai | Agra | Hyderabad | Chennai, Madras | Lucknow | Mysore | Salem | Bandung | Medan | Samarang, Semarang | Abadan | Bam | Mashhad, Meshed | Aspadana, Esfahan, Isfahan | Rasht, Resht | Shiraz | Tabriz | Orumiyeh, Urmia | Qum | Persepolis | Basia, Basra | Karbala, Kerbala, Kerbela | Kirkuk | Mosul | Philippi | Adrianople, Adrianopolis, Edirne | Babylon | Ur | Ashur, Assur, Asur | Nineveh | Utica | Asahikawa | Nagano | Nagoya | Omiya | Osaka | Yokohama | Naha City | Kobe | Kyoto | Hiroshima | Sapporo | Kitakyushu | Fukuoka | Nagasaki | Toyohashi | Toyonaki | Toyota | Akaba, Al Aqabah, Aqaba | Az Zarqa, Zarqa | Kisumu | Mombasa | Nakuru | Bordeaux | Brest | Cannes | Dijon | Grenoble | Le Havre | Lille | Lyon, Lyons | Marseille, Marseilles | Nancy | Nantes | Nice | Orleans | Reims, Rheims | Strasbourg, Strassburg | Toulon | Toulouse | Tours | Versailles | Kumasi | Tamale | Apeldoorn | Arnhem | 's Gravenhage, Den Haag, The Hague | Eindhoven | Nijmegen | Rotterdam | Leiden, Leyden | Utrecht | Thorshavn | Chemulpo, Incheon, Inchon | Kwangju | Taegu, Tegu | Pusan | Tarabulus, Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous, Tripoli | Saida, Sayda, Sidon | Sur, Tyre | Benghazi | Blantyre | Zomba | Kuala Lumpur | Timbuktu | Casablanca | Fes, Fez | Marrakech, Marrakesh | Oujda | Tangier, Tangiers | Beira | Auckland | Christchurch | Ibadan | Katsina | Lagos | Maiduguri, Yerwa-Maiduguri | Zaria | Faisalabad, Lyallpur | Hyderabad | Karachi | Lahore | Peshawar | Rawalpindi | Arequipa | Caloocan | Cebu, Cebu City | Quezon City | Bromberg, Bydgoszcz | Cracow, Krakau, Krakow | Czestochowa | Danzig, Gdansk | Katowice | Lodz | Lublin | Breslau, Wroclaw | Zabrze | Braga | Oporto, Porto | Setubal | Papeete | Al Madinah, Medina | Jed'dah, Jeddah, Jidda, Jiddah | Tabuk | Taif | Hargeisa | Cape Town | Johannesburg | Kimberley | Durban | Bloemfontein | Soweto | Astrakhan | Cherepovets | Grozny, Groznyy | Kaluga | Khabarovsk | Kursk | Gorki, Gorkiy, Gorky, Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhnyi Novgorod | Kazan | Leningrad, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg | Murmansk | Nalchik | Novgorod | Molotov, Perm | Rostov, Rostov na Donu, Rostov on Don | Saratov | Smolensk | Ufa | Stalingrad, Tsaritsyn, Volgograd | Novosibirsk | Chelyabinsk | Omsk | Vladivostok | Gomel, Homel, Homyel | Pinsk | Tartu | Liepaja | Daugavpils | Klaipeda, Memel | Kaunas, Kovna, Kovno | Donetsk, Donetske, Stalino | Chernobyl | Dneprodzerzhinsk | Dnipropetrovsk, Yekaterinoslav | Kharkiv, Kharkov | Odesa, Odessa | Sebastopol, Sevastopol | Yalta | Alma-Ata, Almaty | Samarcand, Samarkand | Barcelona | Cadiz | Cartagena | Cordoba, Cordova | Granada | Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera | Leon | Logrono | Malaga | Oviedo | San Sebastian | Sevilla, Seville | Toledo | Saragossa, Zaragoza | Valencia | Nyala | Port Sudan | Omdurman | Bale, Basel, Basle | Geneva, Geneve, Genf | Lausanne | Zurich | Alep, Aleppo, Halab | Al Ladhiqiyah, Latakia | Dodoma | Mbeya | Mwanza | Tabora | Tanga | Ariana | Ehadhamen | Gafsa | Safaqis, Sfax | Sousse, Susa, Susah | Adana, Seyhan | Adalia, Antalya | Halicarnassus | Constantinople, Istanbul, Stamboul, Stambul | Brusa, Bursa | Izmir, Smyrna | Pergamum | Sardis | Jinja | Gulu | Dubai | Birmingham, Pittsburgh of the South | Huntsville | Mobile | Anchorage | Mesa | Tucson | Anaheim | Bakersfield | Berkeley | Beverly Hills | Chula Vista | Fresno | Long Beach | City of the Angels, L.A., Los Angeles | Oakland | Pasadena | Riverside | San Bernardino | San Diego | San Francisco | San Jose | Santa Ana | Santa Clara | Colorado Springs | Pueblo | Bridgeport | New Haven | Waterbury | Wilmington | Fort Lauderdale | Jacksonville | Miami | Miami Beach | Orlando | Saint Augustine, St. Augustine | Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg | Tampa | Augusta | Columbus | Macon | Savannah | Chicago, Windy City | Decatur | Peoria | Rockford | Evansville | Fort Wayne | Gary | South Bend | Davenport | Cedar Rapids | Sioux City | Kansas City | Wichita | Lexington | Louisville | New Orleans | Shreveport | Portland | Baltimore | Cambridge | Springfield | Worcester | Salem | Ann Arbor | Detroit, Motor City, Motown | Flint | Grand Rapids | Duluth | Minneapolis | Independence | Kansas City | Gateway to the West, Saint Louis, St. Louis | Springfield | Billings | Omaha | Las Vegas | Reno | Manchester | Atlantic City | Bayonne | Camden | Jersey City | Newark | Paterson | Albuquerque | Buffalo | Greater New York, New York, New York City | Binghamton | Niagara Falls | Rochester | Schenectady | Syracuse | Utica | Charlotte, Queen City | Durham | Greensboro | Greenville | Winston-Salem | Fargo | Akron | Cleveland | Cincinnati | Dayton | Toledo | Youngstown | Tulsa | Eugene | Portland | Allentown | Erie | Chester | City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | Scranton | Newport | Charleston | Sioux Falls | Chattanooga | Knoxville | Memphis | Abilene | Amarillo | Arlington | Beaumont | Brownsville | Corpus Christi | Dallas | El Paso | Fort Worth | Garland | Houston | Laredo | Lubbock | Odessa | Plano | San Antonio | Waco | Wichita Falls | Provo | Burlington | Newport News | Norfolk | Lynchburg | Portsmouth | Roanoke | Virginia Beach | Seattle | Spokane | Tacoma | Beckley | Clarksburg | Huntington | Morgantown | Parkersburg | Wheeling | Green Bay | Milwaukee | Racine | Casper | Citta del Vaticano, Vatican City | Ciudad Bolivar | Cumana | Maracaibo | Maracay | Valencia | Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon | Haiphong | Aden | Al-Hudaydah, Hodeida | Al-Mukalla, Mukalla | Bulawayo ... show more.

has as a part: concrete jungle | central city, city center, city centre | financial center | civic center, down town, municipal center | inner city | medical center.

derivation: citify | metropolitan.