cosmopolitan city

Diverse urban center

A cosmopolitan city draws people from many different countries and cultures, creating a diverse, internationally flavored urban environment.

The term suggests not just demographic variety but a certain sophistication and openness to the world: New York, London, and Singapore are cosmopolitan cities.

A cosmopolitan city has world-class restaurants, multiple languages on the streets, and residents accustomed to cultural difference.

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globalization · foreign embassies · diaspora · melting pot · international trade · cross-cultural exchange · expatriates · cosmopolite · ethnicity · integration · skyscrapers · migration · financial districts · social equity · diplomacy · lingua franca · festivals · street art

Opposites
cultural diversity and global orientation

cosmopolitan cityprovincial town

Settlement outside major cities

insular community · gated community

urban scale and sophistication

cosmopolitan citysmall town

Modest rural settlement

rural village · backwater · hamlet · hick town · one-horse town

cultural diversity and worldliness

cosmopolitan cityprovincial town

Settlement outside major cities

backwater · traditional village

Family

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