CITY
ADJECTIVES
1654 — URBICARIAN belonging to a city, esp. Rome → obs.
1665 — URBICARY belonging to a city, esp. Rome → obs.
1710 — URBIAN pertaining to a city
1936 — CRACKER-FED urban, living in the city → Amer. dial.
1940 — BOURKE-STREET citified → Aust. sl.
NOUNS
..893 — HEAD the chief city, the capital; the chief or most excellent part
1300 — METROPOLE a chief city; a metropolis → obs.
1523 — NATION the native population of a city → obs.
1577 — CIVITY a city → obs.
1634 — BABYLON any great and luxurious city
1638 — MEGAPOLIS a chief or principal city; a metropolis → obs.
1846 — BURG a town or city → US colloq.
1848 — BIG SMOKE the city, the largest settlement in a particular region → orig. Aust.
.M19 — BABYLON the hedonistic, exciting world of the city, as opposed to the quietness of the countryside; specifically, London → UK sl.
1887 — TENDERLOIN a district of a city where vice and corruption are rife; the ‘fast’ and disreputable district in a city → Amer. sl.
..20C — SNOB ZONING a method of placing restrictions on specific city areas in a deliberate attempt to make it impossible for low-income families, e.g. non-White, non-middle-class families, to purchase homes there → US sl.
1916 — BRIGHT LIGHTS the entertainments, attractions, or allure of a big city
1918 — BIG BURG a big city → US sl.
1920 — ASPHALT JUNGLE a large city → US sl.
1921 — NAGAR a town, city, or suburb; a district within a town → Indian English
1941 — ILET a city block → Amer. dial.
1944 — BIG APPLE any big city or town → US sl.
1955 — THE BIG A a city or other named entity that bears the initial A → US sl.
1961 — SHITHEAP a dilapidated or untidy city, vehicle, etc. → sl., orig. US
1966 — SHITBOX a remote, downtrodden, or unpleasant city → sl.
1967 — BOWERY the part of a city notorious for low life; skid row → Amer. dial.
1968 — MECHANICS’ ALLEY ↔ MECHANICS’ AVENUE → MECHANIC STREET a poor or run-down part of a city → Amer. dial.
1970 — HIGHLAND the northern, often Black area of a city → African-American sl.
1970 — SIDE an area of a city → sl.
1973 — SIN CITY a city characterized by licentiousness and vice → sl., often used jocularly
1981 — ISLET a city block → Amer. dial.
1990 — END an area of a city → African-American & teen sl.
2002 — SADLANDS the suburbs of a city → UK sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1588 — PALTRIPOLITAN an unimportant, paltry, mean, or contemptible city person → obs.
1812 — KEELIE ↔ KEELY a male city dweller of the rougher sort; specifically of Glasgow and district; of Edinburgh → Sc.
1884 — DUDE a male city dweller, esp. one unused to ranching or rural life in general
1884 — JEWLARKER a citified person; a dandy → Amer. dial.
1886 — TOWN DUDE a city person → Amer. dial., derogatory or jocular usage
1897 — CHEECHAKO a citified person → Amer. dial.
1936 — CITY BUG a person from the city → Amer. dial.
1950 — ASPHALT ARAB a citified person → Amer. dial., derogatory or jocular usage
1965 — LORD CHESTERFIELD a citified person → Amer. dial.
1966 — CITY JAKE a person from the city → Amer. dial.
1966 — PUT-ON a citified person → Amer. dial.
1967 — JIM-DANDY a citified person; one who is comfortable and familiar with being in a city → Amer. dial.
1968 — TACK a citified person → Amer. dial.
1968 — TOWN TACK a citified person → Amer. dial.
1970 — JITTERBUG a citified person → Amer. dial., chiefly African-American
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