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A foreign city with which a city has a declared relationship of cordiality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: twin town
- Placetown and Machinville are sister cities in England and France.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: twin city, twin town
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
友好城市
(yǒuhǎo chéngshì)
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Chinese Mandarin:
姐妹城市
(jiěmèi chéngshì)
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Chinese Mandarin:
姊妹城市
(zǐmèi chéngshì)
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Chinese Mandarin:
姐妹市
(jiěmèishì)
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Chinese Mandarin:
姊妹市
(zǐmèishì)
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Chinese Mandarin:
姐妹城
(jiěmèichéng)
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Chinese Mandarin:
姊妹城
(zǐmèichéng)
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Chinese Mandarin:
兄弟市
(xiōngdìshì)
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Danish:
venskabsby
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Esperanto:
ĝemelurbo
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Estonian:
sõpruslinn
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Finnish:
ystävyyskaupunki
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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French:
ville jumelée
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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German:
Partnerstadt
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Hungarian:
testvérváros
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Icelandic:
vinabær
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Japanese:
姉妹都市
(shimai-toshi)
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Kazakh:
бауырлас қала
(bauyrlas qala)
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Korean:
자매도시
(jamaedosi)
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Korean:
친선도시
(chinseondosi)
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Macedonian:
збратимен град
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Mongolian:
ах дүү хот
(ax düü xot)
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Portuguese:
cidade irmã
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Russian:
го́род-побрати́м
(górod-pobratím)
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Spanish:
ciudad hermana
— city in a relationship of cordiality
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Swedish:
vänort
— city in a relationship of cordiality
