twin city

American  

[twin sit-ee] / ˈtwɪn ˈsɪt i /

noun

plural

twin cities

1. either of a pair of neighboring cities that together are popularly considered to constitute a single urban unit, usually not politically but most often commercially and socially.

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Etymology

Origin of twin city

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Originally housed in the mountains outside Islamabad, Murree's red-brick facility now sits opposite the army chief's residence in the capital's twin city Rawalpindi, one of the most heavily guarded places in the country.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Juliana Loewen lives in Kelowna - a larger twin city of West Kelowna on the eastern shore of Okanagan Lake.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2023

But in many neighborhoods of Khartoum and its twin city, Omdurman, across the Nile, residents interviewed by phone and text over the past week say the Army is nowhere to be found on the ground.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

“It’s become unbearable,” Rabie said, heading to her job as a cleaner at a state-run hospital in Cairo’s twin city of Giza.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023

The population of Manchester and its twin city, Salford, touches three-quarters of a million, sturdy and stern Britons, proudly dubbing themselves “Manchester men,” in distinction from “Liverpool gentlemen.”

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various