civic
adjective /ˈsɪvɪk/
/ˈsɪvɪk/
[usually before noun]- officially connected with a town or city
- civic buildings/leaders
- connected with the people who live in a town or city
- a sense of civic pride (= pride that people feel for their town or city)
- civic duties/responsibilities
- The competition would be an opportunity to foster civic pride.
- Voting should be a matter of civic duty.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French civique or Latin civicus, from civis ‘citizen’. The original use was in civic garland, crown, etc., translating Latin corona civica, denoting a garland of oak leaves and acorns given in ancient Rome to a person who saved a fellow citizen's life.