citywide

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/ˈsɪt.iˌwaɪd/

adjective

Throughout a city.

“citywide violence”

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

citywide1

adjectivecitywide (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThroughout a city.

    citywide violence

adverbcitywide (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThroughout a city.

    Within a few years, forty-six playgrounds opened citywide.

    2009, Dominic A. Pacyga, Chicago: A Biography, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 170
    2 more examples

    The sale of liquor (which is banned by state law anyhow) at bootlegging liquor stores was banned citywide.

    1965, Natchez Hurries Bi-racial Talks as Fear Grips the City, “Jet”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume XXVIII, number 23, page 14

    […] tickets are available citywide in yellow automated machines at selected stops or at magazine and tobacco shops.

    2008, Hana Mastrini, Frommer's Prague & the Best of the Czech Republic, Wiley Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 260

citywide2

nouncitywide (plural citywides)

plural citywides

  1. PhiladelphiaslangA combined order of a shot of distilled spirit (especially bourbon) and an order of beer
    1 more example

    2015, Aubrey Nagle, "8 places to get a Citywide Special in Philadelphia", PhillyVoice, http://www.phillyvoice.com/citywide-specials/ No list of Citywides would be complete without the original. Grab a can of PBR and a shot of Jim Beam for just $3, then stick around for some quality karaoke or the Thursday night Drag Show.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveoccurring or extending throughout a city

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

citywide · adjective, adverb

  1. Late Latincīvitātem (city)
  2. Old Frenchcitet
  3. Middle Englishcite
  4. Englishcity
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
  10. Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
  11. Old Englishwīd
  12. Englishwide
  13. Englishcitywide

From city + -wide.

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citywide · noun

Clipping of citywide special (of unknown origin).

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Cite this entry
APA

citywide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/citywide

MLA

“citywide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/citywide. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “citywide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/citywide.

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