center · center, moderate tendencies or ideas · middle
çekim: çoğul centros
eş: asiento
köken: Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “to sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.
aile: centrar, centrismo, centrista, centro comercial, centro de alumnos, centro de autoacceso, centro de estudiantes, centro de estudios, centro de flores, centro de gravedad
eş: epicentro, baricentro, cuore, essenza, fulcro, mezzo
köken: Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”). The nonstandard pronunciation with -é- might be due to influence of entrare.
city, town (area, center, administration, or population of a densely populated region of people larger than a village) · place
çekim: çoğul miasta · tamlayan miasta
eş: gród, centrum, magistrat
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *moyth₂- Proto-Slavic *-to Proto-Slavic *mě̀sto Old Polish miasto Polish miasto Inherited from Old Polish miasto (“city”).
town, city (larger settlement with significant amenities)
çekim: çoğul kaupungit · tamlayan kaupungin
köken: Borrowed from Old Gutnish kaupungr (“marketplace”), from Old Norse kaupangr (whence also Swedish köping); ultimately derived from the same root as kauppa.
within the borders of a thành phố trực thuộc trung ương or a thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh
köken: Blend of nội- (“inside”) + thành phố (“city”). An apparent "Sino-Vietnamese" construction that is syntactically ill-formed per Classical Chinese, since it implies "inner city" rather than "inside a city", but, however, aligns with the grammatical Vietnamese construction trong thành phố. A well-formed Sino-Vietnamese construction would be *thành nội. Compare Japanese 城内 (jōnai, thành nội, “inside…