A Spanish word meaning 'city'; a large urban area with many buildings, people, and infrastructure.
From Latin 'civitas' (state or citizenship), related to 'civis' (citizen). Spanish inherited this word through the Romance languages as cities grew in the medieval period.
The word 'ciudad' is connected to 'citizen'—both come from the Latin idea that a city is defined by the people living in it, not just the buildings, which is why we still say 'city dweller'!
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