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cityscape

American  
[sit-ee-skeyp] / 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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As a harpist played in the background, Graham and other guests chatted over drinks in a garden overlooking the Turkish capital’s red-tile-roofed cityscape.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 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

The characterful, low-rise cityscape of mustard-coloured French colonial mansions was transformed into another Asian high-rise forest of glass and steel towers.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2025

And this thing we’re doing, in this place at the edge of a river with buildings and row houses on one side, and the cityscape on the other, is just chillin’.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

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