smart city

noun

A municipality that uses information and communications technology, such as electronic sensors, to increase efficiency and improve the quality of services.

Meanings

nounsmart city (plural smart cities)

plural smart cities

  1. A municipality that uses information and communications technology, such as electronic sensors, to increase efficiency and improve the quality of services.
    1 more example

    So, if we are to recognize the entire city to be a living entity, just like a smart human being, a smart city would also require constant monitoring of its health. Just like a human being using a smart band or a smart watch to sense his/her vital parameters such as temperature, blood pressure, glucose, heart rate, lipid profile, Vitamins^([sic]) etc. the smart city may also require several thousand sensors installed in its arteries and touch points to sense its vital organs.

    2019, T.M. Vinod Kumar, Smart Environment for Smart Cities, Springer, →ISBN, page 437

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 智慧城市
  • 智慧城市 (zhìhuì chéngshì)municipality
Dutch slimme stad
  • slimme stadmunicipality
Finnish älykaupunki
  • älykaupunkimunicipality
French ville intelligente
  • ville intelligentemunicipality
Greek έξυπνη πόλη
  • έξυπνη πόλη (éxypni póli)municipality
Indonesian kota pintar, kota cerdas
  • kota pintarmunicipality
  • kota cerdasmunicipality
Japanese スマートシティ
  • スマートシティ (sumāto shiti)municipality
Korean 스마트 시티
  • 스마트 시티 (seumateu siti)municipality
Malay bandar pintar, bandar bijak
  • bandar pintarmunicipality
  • bandar bijakmunicipality
Spanish ciudad inteligente
  • ciudad inteligentemunicipality

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APA

smart city. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smart%20city

MLA

“smart city.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smart%20city. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smart city,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smart%20city.

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