how to pronounce cities

/ˈsɪtiːz/

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cities is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of cities in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… including in big cities the goods are …”

meanings of cities

noun:

Plural of city.
Plural of citie.

cities frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word cities occurs in english on average 37.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.