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13th century: Middle English: from Old French cite, form Latin civitas, from civis 'citizen.' Originally dentoting a town, and often used as a Latin equivalent to Old English burh 'borough,' the term was later applied to foreighn and ancient cities and to the more important English boroughs.
Note: we call people in a town, Towns People, and Citizens in the City...
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