The document defines and provides a short description for over 100 terms related to cities and urban areas. It includes definitions for types of buildings and establishments commonly found in cities like shops, restaurants, transportation hubs, places of worship, entertainment and cultural venues, as well as terms describing urban infrastructure, layouts and issues. The definitions are concise and focus on the essential meaning and function of each term.

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2. Airport
A place where planes take
off and land, with
buildings for passengers to
wait for the planes.
(noun)

3. Amusement park
A large park which offer
entertaining activities and
has big machines to ride
on, such as roller coasters
and merry-go-rounds
(American English, the
same as theme park).
(noun)

4. Antiques shop
A shop where you can buy
old and rare things.
(noun)

5. Apartment building
A large building that is
divided into rooms for
living in.
(noun)

6. Appliance store
A place where you can buy
a device, machine, or
piece of equipment,
especially an electrical
one.
(noun)

7. Art gallery
A building where paintings
and other art works are
shown to the public.
(noun)

8. Bakery
A place where you can buy
bread and cakes.
(noun)

9. Bank
An organization where
people can save or borrow
money and that provides
other financial services.
(noun)

10. Barber shop
A place where men get
their hair cut.
(noun)

11. Beauty salon
A place where women get
special treatments for hair,
face and body.
(noun)

12. Bookstore
A store where people can
buy books.
(noun)

13. Bowling alley
A building where people
can go bowling.
(noun)

14. Brasserie
A restaurant that serves
cheap French food.
(noun)

15. Bus shelter
A small structure with a
roof, where people wait
for buses.
(noun)

16. Butcher shop
A shop where people can
buy meat.
(noun)

17. Café
A place where people can
buy drinks and simple
meals.
(noun)

18. Campus
The buildings and
surrounding area of a
college or university.
(noun)

19. Chain store
A group of stores that are
owned by one
organization and sell
similar goods.
(noun)

20. Chemist’s
A shop where people can
buy medicines, beauty
products, etc. (British
English, same as
drugstore).
(noun)

21. Church
A building where
Christians do religious
activities.
(noun)

22. Cinema
A building where people
can watch films after
buying tickets(British
English, same as movie
theater).
(noun)

23. City
A large, usually important
town.
(noun)

24. City center
The central part of a city.
(noun)

25. Commuter
A person who regularly
travels quite a far way
between work and home.
(noun)

26. Congested
To be too crowded, which
causes difficulties.
(adjective)

27. Congestion
The state of being
crowded and full of traffic.
(noun)

28. Convenience store
A shop that sells food,
drinks and magazines, etc.,
that opens 24 hours or
until late.
(noun)

29. Crime
Any illegal activities that
can be punished by law.
(noun)

30. Crowded
To be full of people.
(adjective)

31. Department store
A large shop which is
divided into several
sections, each section sells
different type of goods.
(noun)

32. Downtown
The central part of a city.
(noun)

33. District
An area of a country or town that has official borders.
(noun)

34. Drive-through
A restaurant, bank etc. where you get the service by
driving through it, without getting out of your car.
(noun)

35. Drugstore
A shop where people can
buy medicines, beauty
products, etc. (American
English, same as chemist).
(noun)

36. Fast food restaurant
A restaurant where you
can buy fast food such as
hamburger, fries, pizza,
etc.
(noun)

37. Fitness center
A place where people go
to do physical exercise, for
example by lifting weights
or using other equipment.
(noun)

38. Fire department
An organization that help
people to prevent fires or
stop them from burning.
(noun)

39. Flea market
A market where people
can buy old or used goods.
(noun)

40. Florist’s
A shop that sells flowers
and plants.
(noun)

41. Freeway
A wide road where
vehicles travel fast for long
distance(American English,
same as motorway).
(noun)

42. Fruit stand
A stand that sells various
kinds of fruits.
(noun)

43. Funeral home
A place where dead
people are prepared to be
buried.
(noun)

44. Furniture store
A store that sells things such as chairs, tables,
cupboards, etc.
(noun)

45. Gas station
A place that sells fuel for
road vehicles (American
English, same as petrol
station).
(noun)

46. Grocery store
A store that sells foods
and other things used in
the home.
(noun)

47. Hardware store
A store where people can buy equipment and tools for
home and garden.
(noun)

48. Highway
A public road that joins
cities or towns together
(American English, same
as main road).
(noun)

49. High-rise
A modern building that is
very tall and has many
floors.
(noun)

50. Hospital
A large building where
people can get medical
treatment and care.
(noun)

51. Hotel
A building where people
pay to stay for a short
time.
(noun)

52. Housing estate
An area where houses or
apartments are built
together.
(noun)

53. Industrial zone
An area on the edge of a
city which is designed for
factories.
(noun)

54. Inner-city
The central part of a city where most people live in a
poor condition.
(noun)

55. Jewelry store
A store that sells objects
such as rings and
necklaces that people
wear as decoration.
(noun)

56. Library
A place where people can
read or borrow books.
(noun)

57. Local facilities
Local buildings or services that serves the public.
(noun)

58. Luxurious
To be very comfortable and expensive.
(adjective)

59. Main road
A public road that joins
cities or towns together
(British English, same as
high way).
(noun)

60. Main street
A street where you can find the most important stores
and businesses in a town.
(noun)

61. Massage parlor
A place where you pay to
get a massage.
(noun)

62. Modern
To be designed and made using the most recent ideas
and methods.
(adjective)

63. Monument
A building or statue that is
built to honor a famous
person or event.
(noun)

64. Mosque
A building where Muslims
do religious activities.
(noun)

65. Motorway
A wide road where
vehicles travel fast for long
distance (British English,
same as freeway).
(noun)

66. Movie theater
A building where people
pay to watch films
(American English, same
as cinema).
(noun)

67. Multi-story car park
A place where cars are
parked on several floors.
(noun)

68. Museum
A building that keeps and
exhibits objects of
historical, scientific or
artistic interest.
(noun)

69. Neighborhood
The area around a particular place, or the people who
live there.
(noun)

70. Newsstand
A place on a street where
people can buy
newspapers and
magazines.
(noun)

71. Nightclub
A place that provides
drinks and some type of
entertainment until late
into the night.
(noun)

72. Noisy
To be full of noise.
(adjective)

73. Nursery
A place where parents
have their children taken
care of while they are
working.
(noun)

74. Office building
A large building that is
designed for working in.
(noun)

75. Outskirts
The areas that form the edge of cities and towns.
(noun)

76. Overpopulation
When there are too many people living in a particular
area.
(noun)

77. Park
A large area of land with
grass and trees where
people can relax, take a
walk, etc.
(noun)

78. Pawnshop
A shop where people can leave a possession in order to
get money.
(noun)

79. Pavement
A path with a hard surface
on the side of a road
(British English, same as
sidewalk).
(noun)

80. Pavement café
A café with tables outside
on the pavement.
(noun)

81. Pet store
A store that sells animals
that can be kept in the
home.
(noun)

82. Petrol station
A place that sells fuel for
road vehicles (British
English, same as gas
station).
(noun)

83. Playground
An outdoor area that is
designed for children to
play.
(noun)

84. Pollution
Substances that make air,
water, soil etc. become
dirty and dangerous for
health.
(noun)

85. Post office
A building where people
can buy stamps or send
letters and packages.
(noun)

86. Poverty
The situation of having
little money and few
possessions.
(noun)

87. Public transport
A system of vehicles that
operate at regular times,
for example buses and
trains.
(noun)

88. Railway station
A place where people get
on and off trains (British
English, same as train
station).
(noun)

89. Residential building
A building that is used as a place to live.
(noun)

90. Repair shop
A shop that specializes in
repairs and maintenance
all sorts of items.
(noun)

91. Restaurant
A place where people
prepare and serve meals
to customers.
(noun)

92. Road
A hard surface that is
made for vehicles to travel
on.
(noun)

93. Rush hour
The time of day when the roads and vehicles are most
full with people going to or from work.
(noun)

94. School building
A building where children
go to study.
(noun)

95. Secondhand store
A store where you can buy used products with low
price.
(noun)

96. Shopping center
An area or building where
you can find a group of
shops.
(noun)

97. Shopping mall
A large covered building that contains a group of shops.
(noun)

98. Sidewalk
A path with a hard surface
on the side of a road
(American English, same
as pavement).
(noun)

99. Skyscraper
A very tall modern
building.
(noun)

100. Sports arena
An enclosed area that is
designed for sporting
events.
(noun)

101. Slum
An area, often illegal, with no facilities where very poor
people live.
(noun)

102. Stadium
A large closed area with
no roof that has rows of
seats around the sides and
that is used for sports
events or musical
performances.
(noun)

103. Stationery store
A store that sells materials needed for writing, such as
paper, pens, pencils, etc.
(noun)

104. Street
A public road in a city or
town that has houses or
shops on both sides.
(noun)

105. Street vendor
A person who sells something on the sides of the
street, usually cheap products.
(noun)

106. Stressful
To be worried and
nervous.
(adjective)

107. Suburb
An area where people live which is located on the edge
of a large city.
(noun)

108. Supermarket
A very large shop where
people can buy things that
are needed regularly in
their homes, such as food,
drinks, etc.
(noun)

109. Synagogue
A building where Jewish people do religious activities.
(noun)

110. Temple
A building where Hindus,
Buddhist, and Sikh go to
worship.
(noun)

111. Theme park
A large park which offer
entertaining activities and
has big machines to ride
on, such as roller coasters
and merry-go-rounds
(British English, the same
as amusement park).
(noun)

112. Town
A place where people live
and work, usually smaller
than a city.
(noun)

113. Traffic
The vehicles moving along
a road.
(noun)

114. Train station
A place where people get
on and off trains
(American English, same
as railway station).
(noun)

115. Travel agent
A company that arranges hotel rooms, plane tickets,
etc. for people who want to travel.
(noun)

116. Zoo
An area where wild
animals are kept and
where people come to
look at them.
(noun)

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