ANCIENT CITY collocation | meaning and examples of use (original) (raw)
collocation in English
meanings of ancient and city
ancient
adjective
uk
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/ˈeɪn.ʃənt/us
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/ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very ...
city
uk
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/ˈsɪt.i/us
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/ˈsɪt̬.i/
Examples of ancient city
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This ancient city, which arose just before the beginning of recorded history, is double walled.
The right place to look for a prototype of political life is in the ancient city states.
Yet some elements are shared among these ancient _city_-states.
His map extends along two survey transects, one east-west, one nor th-south, that crisscross the ancient city.
Almost all of these groups left some overt or covert marks on this ancient city.
An ancient city, protected by matted reeds, a creator of ruin.
It is a wonderful, ancient city with a beautiful cathedral.
It is an ancient city, partly on a hill.
This ancient city, with its narrow streets, has a particularly difficult problem to solve.
But the by-pass, the precinct and the shopping centre remain essential for civilised life in that ancient city of learning.
It is one of the best examples of an authority acting with enthusiasm and competence in the conservation of its ancient city.
This is a very ancient city, with a very ancient representation.
I think that the influence of this united body of the ancient city has undoubtedly a vast effect.
Cambridge is an ancient city, with narrow and tortuous streets, and not enough money in the borough has been found for making the improvements desirable.
Glasgow is not just an old city; it is an ancient city.
Carlisle is a very ancient city, with a long historic background.
My own constituency is in essence a very ancient city with a long tradition and with a university at its centre, which now no longer is to have separate representation.
Forty thousand souls from the old heart of an ancient city now dwell in open, unindustrialised country, far from the clamour and smoke which tormented their lives in other days.
It is a beautiful and ancient city, with an involved system of docks and waterways right in its centre and close around the city are hills.
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