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Città is feminine in Italian. The article is le, so the full form is le città ("cities").
FEMININEcittà is the plural of città
le città — cities
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How do you say città in Italian?
How do you pronounce città in Italian?
città is pronounced /le tʃitˈta/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La città antica è molto affollata durante l'estate.
The ancient city is very crowded during the summer.
Questa città italiana è bellissima e piena di storia.
This Italian city is very beautiful and full of history.
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Why is it feminine?
Città is feminine because it derives from the Latin "civitas" (a feminine noun meaning "state" or "citizenship"), and Italian retained the feminine gender of its Latin ancestor despite the word's form changing through linguistic evolution. The -à ending in Italian often signals feminine nouns, which reinforces this gender assignment.
What is the Italian word for cities?
The Italian word for cities is le città — feminine.
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