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a large town or city

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a town or city that suddenly becomes successful because there is a lot of new business activity

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the city where a country or region has its government

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a large important town

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the people who live in a city

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a European town that has a cathedral

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a city that in the past joined with the area around it to form an independent state

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a large city area that develops when towns that are close to each other get bigger and join together

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the town in a county where its government is based

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a place from which many people travel to a city to work

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a village or small town

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a community of homes that includes many parks and public gardens

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a town where most people have left

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a small village

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in southern Asia, a town in the hills where people go in order to be more comfortable when the weather is very hot

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a village in Malaysia

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a traditional African village

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a town where there is a market each week, usually outside

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a large city, or an area that contains a lot of large cities

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a big city, especially considered as somewhere that is very busy and exciting

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a city, especially in Russia, where most of the population works in one industry, such as making cars

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a town or other area that has its own local government

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a town that is planned and designed and is built on land where there was not a town before

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a town that is small and boring

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a small town far away from other towns, usually where trading takes place

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a small area in the countryside in England that has its own local government

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an area where a lot of people live

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a city where there is a port

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a small town, especially in parts of the US that are near Mexico

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a town or city that is close to and depends on a larger city

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a town by the sea with a large port

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a twin town

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London, or any other large city

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a place where people live and work that is larger than a village but smaller than a city

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the people who live in a town

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the local government of a town

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a town in South Africa where black people were intended to live

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an area within a county (=a division of a state) in the US or Canada that is responsible for running its own public services

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a town that has established a formal connection with another town in a different country to encourage visits and exchange information. The American word is sister city.

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a very small town in the countryside

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in a village, or relating to a village

a big city where you can have an exciting life and be successful

the people who live in a town and the people who belong to the university in that town, used especially when talking about the differences between the two groups