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

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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The RSF seized most of Khartoum at the start of the conflict, while the army controls the twin city of Omdurman, just across the River Nile.

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A more thorough study of the site was performed in the late 1930s by Aurel Stein, including aerial photographs of the standing structures, but even after these forays, there was little desire to learn more than the geographical location of this twin city to Dura-Europos.

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Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram will hand over the key, which was designed by Merseyside artist Neal Keating in the shape of an anchor - the symbol of Liverpool's twin city Odesa, Ukraine.

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