cityscape

noun

city·​scape ˈsi-tē-ˌskāp How to pronounce cityscape (audio)
1
: a city viewed as a scene
2
: an artistic representation of a city
3
: an urban environment
a cityscape cluttered with factories

Examples of cityscape in a Sentence

The cityscape is cluttered with factories. a photographer who does mostly cityscapes
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Great back-to-basics cartooning set against great cityscapes of Prague. Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 The sweet-and-spicy works of art — from cityscapes to windmills— are now on display through Jan. 5 at the hotel and throughout the city. Lizzie Hyman, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024 There’s no overstating the impact Blade Runner had on future visions of science-fiction dystopias, if not more generally the neo-noir sheen that has become the default look of so many genre films about glittering cityscapes of rain and shadow. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024 By the twentieth century, water filtration was synonymous with advanced cityscapes. Nina Elkadi, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cityscape 

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of cityscape was in 1856

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“Cityscape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cityscape. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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