Meanings
- not comparablejournalismWorking in the city.
Now he is a cityside reporter being shifted from beat to beat, learning the ropes, learning Chicago, upward bound.
1988 July 22, Michael Miner, “A Doc and His Sox; Hotshot, Potshots: The Sun-Times Grooms a Star”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2015 - not comparableRelating to the city or town rather than the countryside.
The “split parkway on cityside" alternative would be constructed on the cityside slopes of the Dallas Floodway East and West levees and would have total^([sic]) of eight general-purpose lanes with four lanes along each levee.
2000, Upper Trinity River Basin, Trinity River, Programmatic EIS, page 34Synonyms: urban
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRelating to the city or town rather than the countryside.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
- Proto-Italic*keiwis
- Latinceivis
- Latinceivitās
- Late Latincīvitātem (city)
- Old Frenchcitet
- Middle Englishcite
- Englishcity
- Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
- Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
- Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
- Old Englishsīde
- Middle Englishside
- Englishside
- Englishcityside
Cite this entry
cityside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cityside
“cityside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cityside. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cityside,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cityside.
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