English Explanatory Dictionary

monocity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A city (especially in the former Soviet Union) in which most of the working population work in the same industry, typically for the same organisation.

Word forms

monocity monocities

Etymology

From mono- + city.

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