city, metropolis, urban center

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city"

• Dunkirk, Dunkerque — a city in northern France on the North Sea where in World War II (1940) 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy fire
• Durres, Durazzo — port city in western Albania on the Adriatic
• Oran — a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city
• Constantine — a walled city in northeastern Algeria east of Algiers; was destroyed in warfare in the 4th century and rebuilt by Constantine I
• Hamilton — the capital of Bermuda
• Cordoba, Cordova — a city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in 1613
• Plovdiv, Philippopolis — an ancient city in southern Bulgaria; commercial center of an agricultural region
• Mandalay — a city in central Myanmar north of Rangoon
• Douala — the largest city of Cameroon
• Kandy — a city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon; a resort and religious center
• Vina del Mar — a resort city on the Pacific in central Chile
• Antofagasta — a port city on the Pacific in northern Chile
• Punta Arenas — a city in southern Chile on the Strait of Magellan; the southernmost city in the world
• Concepcion — an industrial city in Chile south of Santiago
• Valparaiso — the chief port and second largest city of Chile; located on a wide harbor in central Chile
• Lanzhou, Lanchou, Lanchow — the capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River
• Shanghai — the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world
• Guangzhou, Canton, Kuangchou, Kwangchow — a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; a major deep-water port
• Nanchang, Nan-chang — a walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang
• Nanning, Nan-ning — an industrial city in southern China
• Shenyang, Mukden, Moukden, Fengtien — a city in northeastern China
• Tianjin, Tientsin, T'ien-ching — a major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China
• Nanjing, Nanking — a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s
• Chongqing, Chungking — a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China
• Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan, Hsian — a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC
• Luoyang, Loyang — a city in east central China; the capital of ancient China during several dynasties
• Hangzhou, Hangchow — a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay (an inlet of the East China Sea); regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world
• Taichung — a city in Taiwan
• Hong Kong — a British Crown Colony on the coast of southern China; leased by China to Britain in 1842 and returned in 1997; one of the world's leading commercial centers
• Cali — city in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area
• Medellin — city in western Colombia; important coffee center
• Cartagena — a port city in northwestern Colombia on the Caribbean
• Kananga, Luluabourg — a city in southwestern Congo; former name (until 1966) was Luluabourg
• Lubumbashi, Elisabethville — a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville
• Abidjan — city recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast
• San Pedro Sula — industrial city in northwestern Honduras
• Santa Ana — a city in western El Salvador
• Colon, Aspinwall — a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
• Merida — the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan
• Campeche — Mexican city on the Bay of Campeche
• Cancun — a popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan peninsula
• Acapulco, Acapulco de Juarez — a port and fashionable resort city on southern Mexico's Pacific coast; known for beaches and water sports (including cliff diving)
• chihuahua — a city in northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua; commercial center of northern Mexico
• Ciudad Juarez, Juarez — a city in northern Mexico on the Rio Grande opposite El Paso
• Ciudad Victoria — a city in east central Mexico
• Culiacan — a city in northwestern Mexico
• Durango, Victoria de Durango — a city in north central Mexico; mining center
• Guadalajara — a city in southwestern Mexico; a popular health resort and site of architecture from the Spanish colonial era
• Hermosillo — a city in northwestern Mexico near the Gulf of California
• Leon — a city in central Mexico
• Matamoros — a city in northeastern Mexico opposite Brownsville near the mouth of the Rio Grande
• Mazatlan — a port city in western Mexico on the Pacific Ocean; tourist center
• Mexicali — a city in northwestern Mexico near the California border
• Monterrey — an industrial city in northeastern Mexico
• Oaxaca, Oaxaca de Juarez — a city of southeastern Mexico
• Orizaba — a city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz); a popular resort
• Puebla, Puebla de Zaragoza, Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza — a city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau
• San Luis Potosi — a city in central Mexico
• Tepic — a city in west central Mexico
• Tampico — a port city in eastern Mexico
• Torreon — a city in northern Mexico west of Monterrey
• Tijuana — a Mexican City just south of San Diego on the Lower California peninsula; popular among American tourists for racetracks and bullfights
• Tuxtla Gutierrez — a city in southeastern Mexico
• Veracruz — a major Mexican port on the Gulf of Mexico in the state of Veracruz
• Villahermosa — a city in southeastern Mexico
• Santiago de Cuba, Santiago — port city in southeastern Chile; industrial center
• Guantanamo — city in southeastern Cuba; site of a United States Naval Station
• Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago — city in the northern Dominican Republic
• San Juan — the capital and largest city of Puerto Rico
• Montego Bay — port and resort city in northwestern Jamaica
• Cotonou — chief port of Benin on the Bight of Benin
• Arhus, Aarhus — port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland
• Aalborg, Alborg — a city and port in northern Jutland
• Bergen — a port city in southwestern Norway
• Stavanger — a port city in southwestern Norway; center for shipbuilding industry
• Trondheim, Nidaros — a port in central Norway on Trondheim Fjord
• Malmo — a port in southern Sweden
• Lund — a city in southeastern Sweden
• Goteborg, Goeteborg, Gothenburg — a port in southwestern Sweden; second largest city in Sweden
• Uppsala, Upsala — a city is east central Sweden north northwest of Stockholm
• Aachen, Aix-la-Chapelle — a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital
• Chemnitz, Karl-Marx Stadt — a city in east central Germany; formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1990; noted for textile manufacturing
• Dresden — a city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River; it was almost totally destroyed by British air raids in 1945
• Leipzig — a city in southeastern Germany famous for fairs; formerly a music and publishing center
• Solingen — a city in west central Germany noted for cutlery
• Weimar — a German city near Leipzig; scene of the adoption in 1919 of the constitution of the Weimar Republic that lasted until 1933
• Bonn — a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989
• Cologne, Koln — a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
• Braunschweig, Brunswick — a city in central Germany
• Dusseldorf — an industrial city in western Germany on the Rhine
• Essen — a city in western Germany; industrial center of the Ruhr
• Frankfurt on the Main, Frankfurt, Frankfort — a German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center
• Halle, Halle-an-der-Saale — a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries
• Hamburg — a city in northern Germany on the Elbe River
• Hannover, Hanover — a port city in northwestern Germany
• Lubeck — a city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port; a leading member of the Hanseatic League
• Mannheim — a city in southwestern Germany at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers
• Munich, Muenchen — the capital and largest city of Bavaria in southeastern Germany
• Nuremberg, Nurnberg — a city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46)
• Rostock — a city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an important member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century
• Stuttgart — a city in southwestern Germany famous for innovative architecture
• Wiesbaden — a city in western Germany; a spa since Roman times
• Wurzburg, Wuerzburg — a city of south central Germany
• Guayaquil — the largest city of Ecuador
• Espoo — a city in southern Finland
• Tampere, Tammerfors — an industrial city in south central Finland
• Corinth, Korinthos — the modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens
• Argos — an ancient city in southeastern Greece; dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century BC
• Delphi — an ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus; site of the Temple of Apollo
• Mycenae — an ancient city is southern Greece; center of the Mycenaean civilization
• Sparta — an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC
• Troy, Ilion, Ilium — an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War
• Thebes — an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC
• Thessaloniki, Salonika, Salonica, Thessalonica — a port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece
• Sodom — (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants
• Gomorrah, Gomorrha — (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants
• Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Jaffa — the largest city and financial center of Israel; located in western Israel on the Mediterranean
• Haifa — a port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre
• Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo — a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950
• Byzantium — an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul
• Pompeii — ancient city southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius
• Herculaneum — ancient city; now destroyed
• Aquila, L'Aquila, Aquila degli Abruzzi — the provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy
• Naples, Napoli — a port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region
• Messina — a port city in northeastern Sicily on the Strait of Messina
• Bologna — the capital of Emilia-Romagna; located in northern Italy east of the Apennines
• Brindisi — a port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy; a center for the Crusades in the Middle Ages
• Genoa, Genova — a seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria
• Cremona — a city in Lombardy on the Po River; noted for the manufacture of fine violins in the 16th-18th centuries
• La Spezia — a port city in Liguria on an arm of the Ligurian Sea; a major seaport and year-round resort
• Milan, Milano — the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages
• Pisa — a city in Tuscany; site of the famous Leaning Tower
• Syracuse, Siracusa — a city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC
• Turin, Torino — capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy
• Bari — capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast
• Palermo — the capital of Sicily; located in northwestern Sicily; an important port for 3000 years
• Firenze, Florence — a city in central Italy on the Arno River; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
• Padua, Padova, Patavium — a city in Veneto
• Venice, Venezia — the provincial capital of Veneto; built on 118 islands within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice which is an arm of the Adriatic; has canals instead of streets; one of Italy's major ports and a famous tourist attraction
• Verona — a city in Veneto on the River Adige
• Dubrovnik, Ragusa — a port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center
• Split — an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea
• Banff — a popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies
• Calgary — a city is southern Alberta; center of a large agricultural region
• Vancouver — an island city in southwestern British Columbia on an arm of the Pacific Ocean; Canada's chief Pacific port and third largest city
• Saint John, St. John — a port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick
• Hamilton — a port city in southeastern Ontario at the western end of Lake Ontario
• Sudbury — a city in south central Canada in Ontario; a major nickel mining center
• Thunder Bay — a port city in Ontario on Lake Superior
• Windsor — a city in southeastern Ontario on the Detroit River opposite Detroit
• Montreal — a city in southern Quebec province on the Saint Lawrence River; the largest city in Quebec and 2nd largest in Canada; the 2nd largest French-speaking city in the world
• Saskatoon — a city is southern Saskatchewan
• Graz — an industrial city is southeastern Austria
• Linz, Lentia — city in northern Austria on the Danube; noted as a cultural center
• Salzburg — city in western Austria; a music center and birthplace of Mozart
• Innsbruck — city in southwestern Austria; known as a summer and winter resort
• Chittagong — a port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal
• Antwerpen, Antwerp, Anvers — a port in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river
• Bruges, City of Bridges — a city in northwestern Belgium in West Flanders province; connected by canal to the North Sea; the old city is a popular tourist attraction
• Charleroi — city in southwestern Belgium; center of an industrial region
• Gent, Gand, Ghent — port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry
• Liege, Luik — city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium
• Namur — a city in south central Belgium situated on a promontory between the Meuse River and the Sambre River; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II
• Belo Horizonte — city in southeastern Brazil north of Rio de Janeiro; the first of Brazil planned communities
• Limeira — a city of southeastern Brazil (northwest of Sao Paula)
• Natal — a port city in northeastern Brazil
• Osasco — a city in southeastern Brazil; suburb of Sao Paulo
• Rio de Janeiro, Rio — the former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil; chief Brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction
• Recife, Pernambuco — a port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic
• Santos — a port city in southwestern Brazil on an offshore island near Sao Paulo
• Sao Bernardo do Campo — a city in southeastern Brazil; an industrial suburb of Sao Paulo
• Sao Goncalo — an industrial city in southeastern Brazil across the bay from Rio de Janeiro
• Sao Joao de Meriti — a city in southeastern Brazil that is a residential suburb of Rio de Janeiro
• Sao Jose dos Campos — a city in southeastern Brazil east northeast of Sao Paulo
• Sao Louis — a city on an offshore island in northeast Brazil
• Sao Paulo — an ultramodern port city in southeastern Brazil; the largest city in South America
• Lancaster — a city in northwestern England
• Manchester — a city in northwestern England (30 miles east of Liverpool); heart of the most densely populated area of England
• Hull, Kingston-upon Hull — a large fishing port in northeastern England
• Liverpool — a large city in northwestern England; its port is the country's major outlet for industrial exports
• Birmingham, Brummagem — a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center
• Oxford — a city in southern England northwest of London; site of Oxford University
• Cambridge — a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University
• Brighton — a city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort; site of the University of Sussex
• Bristol — an industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon
• Leeds — a city on the River Aire in West Yorkshire in northern England; a center of the clothing industry
• Leicester — an industrial city on the River Soar in Leicestershire in central England; built on the site of a Roman settlement
• Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne — a port in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression"carry coals to Newcastle" meaning to do something unnecessary)
• Portsmouth, Pompey — a port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base
• Coventry — an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century
• Gloucester — a city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn
• Reading — a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
• Sheffield — a steel manufacturing city in northern England famous for its cutlery industry
• Winchester — a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
• Worcester — a cathedral city in west central England on the River Severn
• Cork — a port city in southern Ireland
• Galway — a port city in western Ireland on Galway Bay
• Limerick — port city in southwestern Ireland
• Waterford — a port city in southern Ireland; famous for glass industry
• Aberdeen — a city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea
• Glasgow — largest city in Scotland; a port in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world
• Newport — a port city in southeastern Wales
• Swansea — a port city in southern Wales on an inlet of the Bristol Channel
• Alexandria, El Iskandriyah — the chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt
• Aswan, Assuan, Assouan — an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; site of the Aswan High Dam
• Giza, El Giza — an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx
• Memphis — an ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo)
• Luxor — a city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile; site of the Temple of Luxor
• Suez — a city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal
• Delhi, Old Delhi — a city in north central India
• Bangalore — an industrial city in south central India (west of Chennai)
• Calcutta — the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding
• Bombay, Greater Bombay — a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India
• Agra — a city in northern India; former capital of the Mogul empire; site of the Taj Mahal
• Hyderabad — a city in south central India in Andhra Pradesh
• Chennai, Madras — a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras
• Mysore — a city in southern India southwest of Bangalore
• Salem — a city in southern India
• Bandung — a city in Indonesia; located on western Java (southeast of Jakarta); a resort known for its climate
• Medan — a city in Indonesia; located in northeastern Sumatra
• Semarang, Samarang — a port city is southern Indonesia; located in northern Java
• Abadan — a port city in southwestern Iran
• Mashhad, Meshed — the holy city of Shiite Muslims; located in northeastern Iran
• Isfahan, Esfahan, Aspadana — city in central Iran; former capital of Persia
• Shiraz — a city in central southwestern Iran; ruins of ancient Persepolis are nearby
• Tabriz — an ancient city in northwestern Iran; known for hot springs
• Qum — a city in northwestern Iran; a place of pilgrimage for Shiite Muslims
• Persepolis — an ancient city that was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire; now in ruins
• Basra, Basia — an oil port in southern Iraq
• Mosul — a city in northern Iraq on the River Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh
• Edirne, Adrianople, Adrianopolis — a city in northwestern Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Hadrian
• Babylon — the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capitol of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
• Ur — an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River
• Assur, Asur, Ashur — an ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq
• Nineveh — an ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known a Iraq
• Utica — an ancient city on the north coast of Africa (northwest of Carthage); destroyed by Arabs around 700 AD
• Nagoya — an industrial city in central Japan on southern Honshu
• Osaka — port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan
• Yokohama — port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan
• Naha City — the chief city in the Ryukyu Islands
• Kyoto — a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan
• Hiroshima — a city on the southwestern coast of Honshu Island in Japan; on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
• Sapporo — a commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido
• Kitakyushu — a Japanese city on northern Kyushu
• Fukuoka — a city in southern Japan on Kyushu
• Nagasaki — a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb
• Aqaba, Akaba — Jordan's port; located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf of Aqaba
• Zarqa, Az Zarqa — city in northwestern Jordan
• Kisumu — a port city in western Kenya on the northeastern shore of Lake Victoria; fishing and trading center
• Mombasa — a port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean
• Nakuru — a city in western Kenya; commercial center of an agricultural region
• Bordeaux — a port city in southwestern France; a major center of the wine trade
• Brest — a port city in northwestern France (in Brittany); the chief naval station of France
• Cannes — a port and resort city on the French Riviera; site of an annual film festival
• Dijon — an industrial city in eastern France north of Lyons
• Grenoble — a city in southeastern FRance on the Isere River
• Le Havre — a port city in northern France on the English Channel at the mouth of the Seine
• Lille — an industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders
• Lyon, Lyons — a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
• Marseille, Marseilles — a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean
• Nancy — a city in northeastern France in Lorraine
• Nantes — a port city in western France on the Loire estuary
• Nice — a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera
• Orleans — a city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429)
• Strasbourg, Strassburg — city on the Rhine in eastern France near the German border; an inland port
• Toulouse — a city on the Garonne River in southern France southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe
• Versailles — a city in north central France near Paris; site of the Palace of Versailles that was built by Louis XIV in the 17th century
• The Hague, 's Gravenhage, Den Haag — the site of the royal residence and the de facto capital in the western part of the Netherlands; seat of the International Court of Justice
• Eindhoven — city in southeastern Netherlands noted for electrical industry
• Nijmegen — an industrial city in the eastern Netherlands
• Rotterdam — the 2nd largest city in the Netherlands; located in the western Netherlands near the North Sea
• Leiden, Leyden — a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620
• Utrecht — a city in the central Netherlands
• Thorshavn — the administrative center of the Faroe Islands
• Inchon, Incheon, Chemulpo — a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea
• Kwangju — city in southwestern South Korea; an important military base during the Korean War
• Taegu, Tegu — a city in southeastern South Korea
• Pusan — a city in southeastern South Korea on the Korean Strait; the chief port and second largest city
• Tarabulus, Tripoli — a port in northern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea
• Saida, Sidon — the main city of ancient Phoenicia
• Sur, Tyre — a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
• Benghazi — port in northern Libya on the Gulf of Sidra; formerly a joint capital of Libya with Tripoli
• Blantyre — city in southern Malawi; largest city and commercial center of Malawi
• Zomba — a city in southern Malawi; was the capital until 1971
• Timbuktu — a city in central Mali near the Niger river; formerly famous for its gold trade
• Casablanca — a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco
• Fez, Fes — a city in north central Morocco; religious center
• Marrakesh, Marrakech — a city in western Morocco; tourist center
• Tangier, Tangiers — a city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar
• Auckland — the largest city and principal port of New Zealand
• Christchurch — industrial city at the center of a rich agricultural region
• Ibadan — a large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria; site of a university
• Katsina — a city in northern Nigeria; a major center of the Hausa people
• Lagos — chief port and economic center of Nigeria; located in southwestern Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea; former capital of Nigeria
• Maiduguri, Yerwa-Maiduguri — a city in northeastern Nigeria; an agricultural trading center
• Zaria — a city in north central Nigeria; agricultural trading center
• Karachi — the largest city in Pakistan; located in southeastern Pakistan; an industrial center and seaport on the Arabian Sea; former capital of Pakistan
• Lahore — city in northeast Pakistan
• Faisalabad, Lyallpur — city in northeast Pakistan
• Arequipa — a city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city
• Cebu, Cebu City — an important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines
• Quezon City — city on Luzon adjoining Manila
• Cracow, Krakow, Krakau — an industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula
• Gdansk, Danzig — a port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea; a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century
• Lodz — a large city of central Poland
• Lublin — an industrial city of eastern Poland
• Wroclaw, Breslau — a city in southwestern Poland on the Oder
• Braga — an ancient city in northern Portugal
• Porto, Oporto — port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine
• Papeete — the capital of French Polynesia on the northwestern coast of Tahiti
• Medina, Al Madinah — a city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of Mohammed; the second most holy city of Islam
• Jiddah, Jidda — port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea
• Hargeisa — a city in northwestern Somalia
• Cape Town — port city in southwestern South Africa; the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South Africa
• Johannesburg — city in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries
• Kimberley — city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing
• Durban — a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; resort and industrial center
• Bloemfontein — the seat of the supreme court
• Soweto — a large collection of African townships southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa; inhabited solely by Black Africans
• Astrakhan — a city in southwestern Russia on the delta of the Volga River
• Cherepovets — a city of east central Russia north of Moscow
• Grozny, Groznyy — a city in southwestern Russia; center of extensive oil fields
• Kaluga — a city of central Russia south of Moscow
• Kursk — a city of southwestern Russia
• Nizhnyi Novgorod, Nizhni Novgorod, Gorki, Gorky, Gorkiy — an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky
• Kazan — an industrial city in the European part of Russia
• St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg — a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia
• Murmansk — a port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II
• Nalchik — a city in southwestern Russia in a valley of the Caucasus Mountains; an industrial center and health resort
• Novgorod — a city in northwestern Russia on the Volkhov River; Russia's oldest city and an important trading center in the Middle Ages
• Perm, Molotov — a city in the European part of Russia
• Rostov, Rostov on Don, Rostov na Donu — a seaport on the Don River near the Sea of Azov in the European part of Russia
• Saratov — an industrial city in the European part of Russia
• Smolensk — a city in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II
• Ufa — a city in the European part of Russia
• Volgograd, Stalingrad, Tsaritsyn — a city in the European part of Russia on the Volga; site of German defeat in World War II in the winter of 1942-43
• Novosibirsk — a city in the Asian part of Russia on the Ob river; largest city in Siberia
• Chelyabinsk — a city in the Asian part of Russia
• Omsk — a city in the Asian part of Russia
• Vladivostok — a seaport in the Asian part of Russia
• Gomel, Homel — industrial city of Belarus southeast of Minsk
• Klaipeda, Memel — a city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea; formerly an important trading town of the Hanseatic League
• Kaunas, Kovna, Kovno — a city in central Lithuania
• Donetsk, Donetske, Stalino — an industrial city in the Donets Basin
• Chernobyl — a city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (16 April 1986)
• Dneprodzerzhinsk — port city and industrial center in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River
• Dnepropetrovsk, Yekaterinoslav — city in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River; center of metallurgical industry
• Kharkov, Kharkiv — a city in northeastern Ukraine; former capital of the Ukraine
• Odessa, Odesa — a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea
• Sebastopol, Sevastopol — a city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea
• Yalta — a resort city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea; scene of the Allied conference between Churchill and Stalin and Roosevelt in 1945
• Almaty, Alma-Ata — the largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998
• Samarkand, Samarcand — city in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in the 14th century
• Barcelona — a city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean; 2nd largest Spanish city and the largest port and commercial center; has been a center for radical political beliefs
• Cadiz — an ancient port city in southwestern Spain
• Cartagena — a port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean
• Cordoba, Cordova — a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture
• Granada — a city in southeastern Spain; site of the Alhambra (a palace and fortress built by Moslems in the Middle Ages) which is now a major tourist attraction
• Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera — a city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry
• Leon — a city in northwestern Spain at the foot of the Cantabrian Mountains
• Malaga — a port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean
• Oviedo — a city in northwestern Spain near the Cantabrian Mountains
• San Sebastian — a city in northern Spain on the Bay of Biscay near the French border; a fashionable seaside resort
• Sevilla, Seville — a city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain
• Toledo — a city in central Spain on the Tagus river; famous for steel and swords since the first century
• Zaragoza, Saragossa — an ancient city in northeastern Spain; formerly the capital of Aragon
• Valencia — a city in eastern Spain on the Mediterranean
• Nyala — city in Sudan
• Port Sudan — port city in Sudan on the Red Sea
• Omdurman — a city of Sudan; located in the central Sudan on the White Nile opposite Khartoum
• Basel, Basle, Bale — a city in northwestern Switzerland
• Geneva, Geneve, Genf — a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; the Palace of Nations originally housed the League of Nations and is now the European headquarters for the United Nations
• Lausanne — a city in western Switzerland; cultural and commercial center
• Zurich — the largest city in Switzerland; located in the northern part of the country
• Aleppo, Alep — a city in northwestern Syria
• Tabora — a city in central Tanzania
• Sfax, Safaqis — the second largest city in Tunisia; located in eastern Tunisia near a phosphate region
• Adana, Seyhan — a city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River
• Antalya, Adalia — a port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya
• Istanbul, Stambul, Stamboul, Constantinople — the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church
• Bursa, Brusa — a city in northwestern Turkey
• Izmir, Smyrna — a port city in western Turkey
• Jinja — a city in Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria
• Gulu — a city in northern Uganda
• Dubai — port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf
• Birmingham, Pittsburgh of the South — the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama
• Huntsville — a city in northern Alabama; center for space research
• Mobile — a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay
• Selma — a city in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters
• Anchorage — a city in south central Alaska
• Mesa — a city just east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix
• Tucson — a city in southeastern Arizona ringed by mountain ranges; long known as a winter and health resort but the population shift from industrial states to the Sunbelt resulted in rapid growth late in the 20th century
• Anaheim — a city in southern California (southeast of Los Angeles); site of Disneyland
• Bakersfield — a city in south central California at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley
• Berkeley — a city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; site of the University of California at Berkeley
• Beverly Hills — a city in southwestern California surrounded by Los Angeles; home of many Hollywood actors
• Fresno — a city in south central California in the San Joaquin Valley; center of an important agricultural area and gateway to the Sierra Nevada Mountains
• Long Beach — a city in southern California located on 8.5 miles of Pacific beachfront; was a resort until oil was discovered in 1921
• Los Angeles, City of the Angels — a city in southern California; motion picture capital of the world; most populous city of California and second largest in the United States
• Oakland — a city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco; primarily and industrial urban center
• Pasadena — a city in southwestern California east of Los Angeles
• Riverside — a city in southern California
• San Bernadino — a city in southern California east of Los Angeles
• San Diego — a picturesque city of southern California on San Diego Bay near the Mexican border; site of an important naval base
• San Francisco — a port in western California near the Golden Gate that is one of the major industrial and transportation centers; it has one of the world's finest harbors; site of the Golden Gate Bridge
• San Jose — a city in western California located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay south of San Francisco; a center for computer and electronics industries
• Santa Ana — a city in southern California east of Long Beach
• Santa Clara — a city of west central California; residential area with light industry
• Colorado Springs — a city in east central Colorado on the eatern edge of the Rocky Mountains; popular tourist center and site of the United States Air Force Academy
• Pueblo — a city in Colorado south of Colorado Springs
• Bridgeport — a port in southwestern Connecticut on Long Island Sound
• New Haven — a city in southwestern Connecticut; site of Yale University
• Waterbury — a city in west central Connecticut
• Wilmington — the largest city in Delaware
• Fort Lauderdale — a city in southeast Florida on the Atlantic coast north of Miami; a favorite place for college students to go on their spring vacations
• Jacksonville — Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida
• Miami — a city and resort in southeastern Florida on Biscayne Bay; the best known city in Florida; a haven for retirees and a refuge for Cubans fleeing Castro
• Miami Beach — a city in southeastern Florida on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; known for fashionable resort hotels
• Orlando — a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World
• St. Augustine, Saint Augustine — a resort city in northeastern Florida; the oldest city in the United States
• St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg — a city in western Florida on Tampa Bay; a popular winter resort
• Tampa — a resort city in western Florida; located on Tampa Bay on the Gulf of Mexico
• Augusta — a city in eastern Georgia north-northwest of Savannah; noted for golf tournaments
• Columbus — a city in western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River; industrial center
• Macon — a city in central Georgia southeast of Atlanta
• Savannah — a port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah river
• Chicago, Windy City — largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
• Decatur — a city in central Illinois; Abraham Lincoln practiced law here
• Peoria — a city in central Illinois on the Illinois River
• Rockford — a city in northern Illinois
• Evansville — a city in southwestern Indiana on the Ohio River
• Fort Wayne — a city in northeastern Indiana
• Gary — a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production
• South Bend — a city in northern Indiana
• Davenport — a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island
• Cedar Rapids — a city in eastern Iowa
• Sioux City — a city in northeastern Iowa
• Kansas City — a city of northeast Kansas on the Missouri River adjacent to Kansas City, Missouri
• Wichita — the largest city in Kansas; located in southern Kansas on the Arkansas River
• Lexington — a city in eastern Kentucky; noted for raising thoroughbred horses
• Louisville — the largest city in Kentucky; located in north central Kentucky on the Ohio river; site of the Kentucky Derby
• New Orleans — a port and largest city in Louisiana; located in southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here each year
• Shreveport — a city in northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border
• Portland — largest city in Maine in the southwestern corner of the state
• Baltimore — the largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center
• Cambridge — a city in Massachusetts just north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Springfield — a city and manufacturing center in southwestern Massachusetts on the Connecticut River
• Worcester — an industrial and university city in central Massachusetts west of Boston
• Salem — a city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft trials in 1692
• Ann Arbor — a city in southern Michigan near Detroit; site of the University of Michigan
• Detroit, Motor City, Motown — the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor
• Flint — a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing
• Grand Rapids — a city in west central Michigan; noted for manufacturing furniture
• Duluth — a city in northeast Minnesota on Lake Superior
• Minneapolis — largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities
• Independence — a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail
• Kansas City — a city in western Missouri situated at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River; adjacent to Kansas City, Kansas
• Saint Louis, St. Louis, Gateway to the West — the largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century
• Springfield — a city of southwestern Missouri
• Billings — the largest city in Montana; located in southern Montana on the Yellowstone river
• Omaha — largest city in Nebraska; located in eastern Nebraska on the Missouri river; a major transportation center of the Midwest
• Las Vegas — largest city in Nevada; located in southeastern Nevada; originally settled by Mormons but is now famous for entertainment and gambling and general excess
• Reno — a city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage
• Manchester — largest city in New Hampshire; located in southeastern New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
• Atlantic City — a city on the Atlantic shore in southeastern New Jersey; a resort and gambling center
• Bayonne — a city in northeastern New Jersey
• Camden — a city in southwestern New Jersey on the Delaware River near Pittsburgh
• Jersy City — a city in northeastern New Jersey (opposite Manhattan)
• Newark — the largest city in New Jersey; located in northeastern New Jersey
• Paterson — a city of northeastern New Jersey
• Albuquerque — the largest city in New Mexico; located in central New Mexico on the Rio Grande river
• Buffalo — a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls)
• New York, New York City, Greater New York — the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center
• Binghamton — a city in south central New York near the border with Pennsylvania
• Niagara Falls — a city in western New York State at the falls of the Niagara river; tourist attraction and honeymoon resort
• Rochester — a city in western New York; a center of the photographic equipment industry
• Schenectady — a city of eastern New York on the Mohawk river; it prospered after the opening of the Erie Canal
• Syracuse — a city in central New York
• Utica — a city in central New York
• Charlotte, The Queen City — the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina
• Durham — a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University
• Greensboro — a city of north central North Carolina
• Winston-Salem — a city of north central North Carolina
• Fargo — largest city in North Dakota; located in eastern North Dakota on the Red river
• Akron — a city in northeastern Ohio; the heart of the United States rubber industry
• Cleveland — the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port
• Cincinnati — a city in southern Ohio on the Ohio river
• Dayton — a city in southwest Ohio; manufacturing center
• Toledo — an industrial city in northwestern Ohio on Lake Erie
• Youngstown — a city in northeast Ohio
• Tulsa — a major city of northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas river; once known as the Oil Capital of the World and still heavily involved in the oil and gas industries
• Eugene — a city in eastern Oregon on the Willamette River; site of a university
• Portland — freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains
• Allentown — a city in eastern Pennsylvania; an industrial and commercial center
• Erie — a port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania
• Chester — a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
• Philadelphia, City of Brotherly Love — the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania
• Pittsburgh — a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh
• Scranton — an industrial city of northeastern Pennsylvania
• Newport — a resort city in southeastern Rhode Island; known for the summer homes of millionaires; important yachting center
• Charleston — a port city in southeastern South Carolina
• Sioux Falls — largest city in South Dakota; located in southeastern South Dakota
• Chattanooga — a city in eastern Tennessee
• Knoxville — a city in eastern Tennessee on the Tennessee River
• Memphis — largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River
• Abilene — a city in central Texas
• Amarillo — a city in the northern panhandle of Texas
• Arlington — a city in northern Texas between Dallas and Fort Worth
• Beaumont — a city of southeastern Texas near Houston
• Brownsville — a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande near its mouth into the Gulf of Mexico; has a channel that accommodates oceangoing ships
• Corpus Christi — a city in southern Texas on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico
• Dallas — a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields
• El Paso — a city in western Texas on the Mexican border; located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande across from the Mexican city of Juarez
• Fort Worth — a city in northeastern Texas (just west of Dallas); a major industrial center
• Garland — a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas)
• Houston — the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Laredo — a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande
• Lubbock — a city in northwest Texas south of Amarillo
• Odessa — a city in western Texas
• Plano — a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas)
• San Antonio — a city of south central Texas; site of the Alamo; site of several military bases and a popular haven for vacationers
• Waco — a city in east central Texas
• Wichita Falls — a city in north central Texas near the Oklahoma border
• Provo — a city in north central Utah settled by Mormons
• Burlington — the largest city in Vermont; located in northwestern Vermont on Lake Champlain; site of the University of Vermont
• Newport News — a port city in southeastern Virginia at the mouth of the James River off Hampton Roads; large shipyards
• Norfolk — port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay; headquarters of the United States Atlantic fleet
• Lynchburg — a city in central Virginia
• Portsmouth — a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards
• Roanoke — a city in southwestern Virginia
• Virginia Beach — the largest city in Virginia; long overshadowed by Norfolk but growing rapidly since 1970; with 28 miles of public beaches tourism is a major factor in the economy; site of three United States Navy bases
• Seattle — a major port of entry and the largest city in Washington; located in west central Washington on the protected waters of Puget Sound with the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Mountains and Mount Ranier visible to the south and east; an aerospace and computer center; site of the University of Washington
• Spokane — a city in eastern Washington near the Idaho border
• Tacoma — a city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound south of Seattle
• Beckley — a city in southern West Virginia
• Clarksburg — a city in northern West Virginia
• Huntington — a city of western West Virginia on the Ohio river at the mouth of the Kanawha
• Morgantown — a city in northern West Virginia on the Monongahela river near the Pennsylvania border; site of the University of West Virginia
• Parkersburg — a city in northwestern West Virginia on the Ohio river
• Wheeling — a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river
• Green Bay — a city of eastern Wisconsin on an arm of Lake Michigan
• Milwaukee — largest city of Wisconsin; located in southeastern Wisconsin on the western shore of Lake Michigan; a flourishing agricultural center known for its breweries
• Racine — a city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan south of Milwaukee
• Casper — a city of east central Wyoming on the North Platte river
• Vatican City, Citta del Vaticano — the capital of the State of the Vatican City
• Cuidad Bolivar — a port in eastern Venezuela on the Orinoco river
• Maracaibo — a port city in northwestern Venezuela; a major oil center
• Maracay — a city in north central Venezuela; cattle center
• Valencia — an industrial city in northern Venezuela
• Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon — a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina
• Haiphong — a port city in northern Vietnam; industrial center
• Aden — chief port of Yemen; located on the Gulf of Aden; its strategic location have made it a major trading center of southern Arabia since ancient times
• Bulawayo — industrial city in southwestern Zimbabwe

• municipality — an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government

• concrete jungle — an area in a city with large modern building that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant
• city center, central city — the central part of a city
• financial center — the part of a city where financial institutions are centered
• hub, civic center, municipal center, down town — the center of a city
• inner city — the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city
• medical center — the part of a city where medical facilities are centered