how to pronounce city

/ˈsɪti/

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city is pronounced in two syllables

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video examples of city pronunciation

An example use of city in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… I'm in yev like a city in Sweden about a …”

meaning of city

City is a place where many people live.

city frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word city occurs in english on average 232.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.