City

A city is an urban settlement with a particularly important status which differentiates it from a town.

City is primarily used to designate an urban settlement with a large population. However, city may also indicate a special administrative, legal, or historical status.

In the United States, city is primarily a legal term meaning an urban area with a degree of autonomy (i.e. a township), rather than meaning an entire large settlement (metropolitan area).

Outside the United States, city implies an entire settlement or metropolitan area, although there are notable exceptions, e.g. the City of London.

In Lovia, a city is a settlement with a charter from the Crown, giving that settlement city status.

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