Meaning

1 senses
  1. A foreign city with which a city has a declared relationship of cordiality.

    Near-synonym: twin town

    Placetown and Machinville are sister cities in England and France.

    Partnerstadt

    го́род-побрати́мgórod-pobratím

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Sister cities are the same as good neighbors.

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  2. Kyoto and Boston are sister cities.

    ruКиото и Бостон - города-побратимы. — sharptoothed

    deKyōto und Boston sind Partnerstädte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. For example, Osaka is the sister city of San Francisco.

    Наприклад, Осака — місто побратим Сан-Франциско. — anastasishko

    deZum Beispiel ist Osaka die Partnerstadt von San Francisco. — xtofu80

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  4. Paris has only one sister city: Rome.

    ruУ Парижа только один город-побратим - Рим. — marafon

  5. Kobe is a sister city of Seattle.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
city in a relationship of cordiality:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
city in a relationship of cordiality:

Forms

plural: sister cities
Singularsister city
Pluralsister cities

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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