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), 姐妹市 (jiěmèishì), 姊妹市 (zǐmèishì), 姐妹城 (jiěmèichéng), 姊妹城 (zǐmèichéng), 兄弟市 (xiōngdìshì)
Danish: venskabsby c
Esperanto: ĝemelurbo
Estonian: sõpruslinn
Finnish: ystävyyskaupunki (fi)
French: ville jumelée f
German: Partnerstadt f

Japanese: 姉妹都市 (しまいとし, shimai-toshi)
Kazakh: бауырлас қала (bawırlas qala)
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

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