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cityscape

American  
[sit-ee-skayp] / ˈsɪt iˌskeɪp /

noun

  1. a view of a city, especially a large urban center.

    The cityscape is impressive as one approaches New York from the sea.

  2. a picture representing such a view.

  3. the characteristic appearance of a city.

    She has been documenting changes in the cityscape for 20 years.


cityscape British  
/ ˈsɪtɪskeɪp /

noun

  1. an urban landscape; view of a city

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of cityscape

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; city + -scape

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Charlotte Knobloch, a Holocaust survivor and president of the Jewish Community in Munich, said that removing memorials from the cityscape was "completely the wrong approach".

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Later presidents made their own modifications to the cityscape.

From Slate ● May 18, 2026

About 10 miles from downtown, the roughly 6,800-square-foot home has views of the cityscape, Dry Creek and the mountains around Bogus Basin, according to Eberle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

Sitting in front of a cardboard backdrop of the Los Angeles cityscape at night, a composed Kelli Craig waited for one of her colleagues to say “Action!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026

Whoever had created this section of the Axrenox cityscape hadn’t bothered to reset the security codes in the template.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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