Die Ursprünge des Wortes CITY in verschiedenen europäischen Sprachen

As the Estonian *linn* originally meant „castle“, the name of the capital Tallinn comes from the name *Taani linn*, meaning „[Danish Castle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toompea_Castle)“.

The Greek polis (πόλις) is the root of polity, politics, politician, policy, police, acropolis, metropolis etc.

Mesto and varoš they also exist in the Serbian language mesto marks the place and varoš small city.

Proto-Slavic should be shown more to the south probably

In France, we also use the word “ une cité “ very commonly used although less than “ une ville “ and not exactly in the same contexte.