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Definition 2024

sister_city

sister city

English

Noun

sister city ‎(plural sister cities)

A foreign city with which a city has a declared relationship of cordiality.
Placetown and Machinville are sister cities in England and France.

Translations

city in a relationship of cordiality

Chinese:
Mandarin: 友好城市 ‎(yǒuhǎo chéngshì), 姐妹城市 ‎(jiěmèi chéngshì), 姊妹城市 ‎(zǐmèi chéngshì)
Danish: venskabsby c
Esperanto: ĝemelurbo
Estonian: sõpruslinn
Finnish: ystävyyskaupunki
French: ville jumelée f

German: Partnerstadt f
Japanese: 姉妹都市 ‎(しまいとし, shimai-toshi)
Macedonian: збратимен град m ‎(zbrátimen grád)
Mongolian: ах дүү хот ‎(ah düü hot)
Portuguese: cidade irmã f
Russian: го́род-побрати́м (ru) m ‎(górod-pobratím)
Spanish: ciudad hermana f
Swedish: vänort (sv) c

See also

to twin