skyline

n.

1. The line along which the surface of the earth and the sky appear to meet; the horizon.
2. The outline of a group of buildings or a mountain range seen against the sky.

The outline of buildings against the background of the sky.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the outline of objects seen against the sky

Meaning #2: the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
  Synonyms: horizon, apparent horizon, visible horizon, sensible horizon

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - horisont, kontur, omrids

Nederlands (Dutch)
horizon, silhouet, skyline, stadsgezicht

Français (French)
n. - ligne d'horizon, ligne des toits

Deutsch (German)
n. - Silhouette

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γραμμή του ορίζοντα, ορίζοντας, (τυπογρ.) τίτλος τυπωμένος πάνω από λογόγραμμα

Italiano (Italian)
panorama della città dai tetti, orizzonte, linea

Português (Portuguese)
n. - linha (f) do horizonte

Русский (Russian)
видимый горизонт, линия горизонта, очертания (на фоне неба), контур здания

Español (Spanish)
n. - horizonte, silueta, perfil

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - horisont, himlarand, kontur, silhuett

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
地平线, 天际, 架空索, 空中轮廓线

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 地平線, 天際, 架空索, 空中輪廓線

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지평선, (산, 건물 따위가) 하늘을 배경으로 하는 윤곽

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 地平線, スカイライン

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألصورة ألظلي, ألافق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קו רקיע, אופק טבעי‬

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