Ancient texts that refer to cities often refer to small settlements that would barely pass for a small town today. In many languages, the word that has come to mean city was used to refer to another structure (for example, a fortress or port). Many other languages only have two terms (for example, French ville and village, German Stadt and Dorf, Italian citta and villaggio, Spanish ciudad and pueblo) (O’Connor 2008, 2008).
English typically has three tiers of terms to describe human settlements: city, town, and village. Imprecise Language– In most languages, the word used for a city can describe a wide range of settlements. Los Angeles, undeniably a city, challenged traditional understandings of a city as dense and vertical.
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