cityscape
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈsɪtiˌskeɪp/
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paisaje urbano
- From the rooftop, we had a breathtaking view of the cityscape, with towering skyscrapers and twinkling lights.
- modern cityscape
- changing cityscape
- part of the cityscape
So we've got a cityscape going on, and it's a cityscape that is off in certain respects.
- So we've got a cityscape going on, and it's a cityscape that is off in certain respects.
Examples
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Nor did its cityscapes and landscapes appear in his work, even in the earliest figurative canvases.
Academic text (2008) -
She took photographs block by block from a small plane, comparing the cityscapes below to herbetical maps.
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Is it a part of the cityscape outside, something we see as we look through the window?
Academic text (2002) -
This is a cityscape but we can create a desert, a mountain... anything.
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The view through the big picture window is entirely normal again: the cityscape by night.
Fiction book (1992) -
In Paris, watching a rainy cityscape from his window, the narrator tries to understand why he feels afraid.
Academic text (1997) -
Growing up in Suzail, Artus had learned to navigate the cityscape using buildings as guides.
Fiction book (1992) -
The landscape and cityscapes of the Netherlands, for instance, are almost entirely human-made.
Academic text (1997) -
On the walls, extraordinarily detailed, skillful drawings, mostly European cityscapes, in charcoal or crayon.
Fiction book (1991) -
In spatial terms, these transformations have fostered the emergence of cityscapes marked by segregation and exclusion.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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2.5
The outline where the sky meets land or buildings from far away
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3.2
The shape of a city's buildings seen against the sky
How Urban
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cityscape comes from city and the ending -scape, just like in landscape. The -scape part originally means a 'view', so a cityscape is a 'view' or picture of a city.