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civic¹

  • /ˈsɪvɪk/

Rhymes with -ɪvɪk

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin cīvicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”).

adjective more civic · most civic

  1. Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil. Thousands of people came to the Civic Center to show off their civic pride.
  2. Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties. civic duty

Civic²

  • /ˈsɪvɪk/

Where it comes from

Refers to the area's status as the civic centre.

proper noun

  1. A central business district of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: civil, citizenship, citizenry, citizen, bourgeois, national, communal, municipal, political, community, people, voter, civic-minded, societal, civilized, city

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adj Having to do with a city or the people who live there

Españolcívico
日本語市民の shimin-no
हिन्दीनगरीय nagrīya
Portuguêscívico
Françaiscivique
Deutschbürgerlich
Italianocivico
Русскийгражда́нский graždánskij, городской gorodskoj

adj Of or relating to the citizen

Françaiscitoyen
Deutschbürgerlich
Русскийгражда́нский graždánskij

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@misc{civic_2026,
  title = {civic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/civic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}