twin city

[twin sit-ee]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of twin city¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by six runs in the opening one-day international in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, a game that went ahead despite the suicide attack in the twin city of Islamabad.

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The match went ahead despite a suicide attack just a few miles from the stadium in the twin city of Islamabad, which killed at least 12 people and left several injured.

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Iqra, a 13-year-old child worker, died in February from blows by her wealthy employers in Rawalpindi, Islamabad's twin city, because chocolate had disappeared from their kitchen.

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At least 46 people have been killed and 10 others injured after a Sudanese military plane crashed in a residential neighbourhood in Omdurman, the twin city of the capital Khartoum, state media says.

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"I am worried for my cousin," says Amir, who lives in Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, which lies just across the River Nile.

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