sister city
English
Noun
sister
city
(
plural
sister cities
)
A
foreign
city with which a city has a declared
relationship
of
cordiality
.
Synonym:
twin city
Near-synonym:
twin town
Placetown and Machinville are
sister cities
in England and France.
Translations
city in a relationship of cordiality
Chinese:
Mandarin:
友好城市
(zh)
(
yǒuhǎo chéngshì
)
,
姐妹城市
(zh)
(
jiěmèi chéngshì
)
,
姊妹城市
(zh)
(
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
(de)
f
Hungarian:
testvérváros
(hu)
Icelandic:
vinabær
m
Japanese:
姉妹都市
(ja)
(
しまいとし, shimai-toshi
)
Kazakh:
бауырлас қала
(
bauyrlas qala
)
Macedonian:
збратимен град
m
(
zbratimen grad
)
Mongolian:
ах дүү хот
(
ax düü xot
)
Portuguese:
cidade
irmã
f
Russian:
го́род-побрати́м
(ru)
m
(
górod-pobratím
)
Spanish:
ciudad hermana
f
Swedish:
vänort
(sv)
c
See also
to
twin