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City article - City town village hamlet downtown Introduction Geography History - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. |
 | | Although city can refer to an agglomeration including suburban and satellite areas, the term is not appropriate for a conurbation (cluster) of distinct urban places, nor for a wider metropolitan area including more than one city, each acting as a focus for parts of the area. |
 | | Starting with the Greek city-state, this linear approach placed each city somewhere, and it was believed that it was only a matter of time until the next stage along the prescript path of advancement was reached. |
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