A capital city; the chief city or town of a country or region. Now somewhat rare.

the chief town or city of a country; = mother city, n. 2a.

= seat, n. 13.

The head town or city; the capital, n.2 2a. Obsolete.

A chief town, a metropolis. Obsolete.

= sense B. 2a; cf. capital town n.

Chief town.

The chief town of a country or district; = metropolis, n. 3a; (in extended use) any large bustling city. In later use frequently archaic or poetic.

A capital town or city; esp. a town or city serving as the seat of government for a country, province, state, county, or other administrative area.

(Cf. 8) A city in which a throne, court, government is established or set up; a capital.

Any principal or main place; spec. the capital or administrative centre of a district, region, etc.; the chief seat or residence of a domain.

A city, etc., directly subject and yielding immediate revenue to a monarch. Also: a city in some other way associated with the monarch, esp. a…

A metropolis; the principal city of a region.

The chief town or city of a country (occasionally of a province or district), esp. the one which is the seat of government; a capital. In extended…

A metropolitan city or see.

= sense B. 2a; cf. capital city n.

A capital town, = seat, n. 13.

= metropolis, n.

A chief or capital city; (gen.) a large city. Occasionally as a name applied to such a city. Also in extended use. Cf. megalopolis, n.

the city or town in which the administrative centre of a county is based.

the pre-eminent or most admired city (of a particular region) (cf. Queen of the West n. at phrases 1b).

= metropolis, n. 3a. Also (occasionally) in extended uses.

= metropolis, n. 3a. rare.