Definition of cities

"cities" in the noun sense

1. city, metropolis, urban center

a large and densely populated urban area may include several independent administrative districts

"Ancient Troy was a great city"

2. city

an incorporated administrative district established by state charter

"the city raised the tax rate"

3. city, metropolis

people living in a large densely populated municipality

"the city voted for Republicans in 1994"

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Quotations for cities

The people are the city. [ Coriolanus ]

In the busy haunts of men. [ Mrs. Hemans ]

Cities are taken by the ears. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Even cities have their graves. [ Longfellow ]

Towered cities please us then,
And the busy hum of men. [ Milton ]

Cities seldom change religion only. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

And blind oblivion swallowed cities up. [ William Shakespeare ]

Far from gay cities, and the ways of men. [ Homer ]

Seven cities warred for Homer being dead,
Who living had no roof to shroud his head. [ Thos. Heywood ]

If you would know and not be known, live in a city. [ Colton ]

Look on the bee upon the wing among flowers;
How brave, how bright his life! then mark him hiv'd,
Cramp'd, cringing in his self-built, social cell,
Thus it is in the world-hive; most where men
Lie deep in cities as in drifts. [ Bailey ]

Divine nature gave the fields, man's invention built the cities. [ Varro ]

Life, like some cities, is full of blind alleys, leading nowhere; the great art is to keep out of them. [ Bovee ]

Vicissitudes of fortune, which spare neither man nor the proudest of his works, which bury empires and cities in a common grave. [ Gibbon ]

If cities were built by the sound of music, then some edifices would appear to be constructed by grave, solemn tones, - others to have danced forth to light fantastic airs. [ Hawthorne ]

Have you known how to compose your manners? You have done a great deal more than he who has composed books. Have you known how to take repose? You have done more than he who has taken cities and empires. [ Montaigne ]

Have you known how to compose your manners, you have achieved a great deal more than he who has composed books. Have you known how to attain repose, you have achieved more than he who has taken cities and subdued empires. [ Montaigne ]

Founders and senators of states and cities, lawgivers, extirpers of tyrants, fathers of the people, and other eminent persons in civil government, were honored but with titles of worthies or demigods; whereas such as were inventors and authors of new arts, endowments, and commodities towards man's life, were ever consecrated among the gods themselves. [ Bacon ]

cities in Scrabble®

The word cities is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters cities:

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word cities

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In cities

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cities in Words With Friends™

The word cities is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters cities:

CITIES
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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word cities

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In cities

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Words within the letters of cities

2 letter words in cities (2 words)

3 letter words in cities (8 words)

4 letter words in cities (6 words)

5 letter words in cities (1 word)

6 letter words in cities (Anagrams) (2 words)

cities + 1 blank (6 words)

Words containing the sequence cities

Words that start with cities (1 word)

Words with cities in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving cities

Shorter words in cities

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Longer words containing cities

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sphericities

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