Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

independent city

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English

Syllables
in-de-pen-den-t c-i-ty
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
7
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A city that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity.

Inflected Forms

independent cities (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

city city-state county-level city county-level municipality federal city federal municipality micronation municipality

Questions

What does independent city mean?
A city that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity.

How to pronounce independent city

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