A city-dwelling individual lives in a city and has habits typical of the urban environment.
The adjective city comes from the French citadin , which in turn derives from the Italian cittadino . This notion is used to describe someone linked to a city : an urban entity made up of its streets and buildings, which has a large number of inhabitants dedicated mostly to industrial activities or the provision of services.
For example: “With demographic growth, this town is beginning to have a city feel” , “A city dweller lost in the jungle could not survive more than five or six hours” , “The Italian automaker presented a city car that aims to seduce to young people.”
City dweller vs. village
Generally the idea of city dweller is used as opposed to villager (typical of a town ), just as the concept of city is opposed to rural.
A man who lives in the capital of a country, where another five million individuals reside, and who works in a software company, can be classified as a city dweller. On the other hand, an individual who lives in a town of two hundred inhabitants and has a farm can be called a villager.
Given that in a city all the inhabitants are city dwellers, the adjective is usually used when a person moves away from the urban area and acts in an environment different from their own, often unaware of its customs or rules.
A city vehicle was designed for use in cities.
That thought for a city
Citadino is also something designed, designed or manufactured for a city . An electric motorcycle with a range of ten kilometers is a city vehicle : it can be used in an urban location, but it may be inconvenient for other types of territories .
If a city vehicle moves to a mountain town, for example, it will probably have problems traveling on local roads.
Other uses of the term city dweller
In the same way, we cannot ignore the existence of a musical group that goes by the name of Citadino Blues & Rock . He is originally from Colombia, specifically from Bogotá, and presents himself under the umbrella of coming to support rock in Spanish.
The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Santana, BB King and Jimi Hendrix are some of the artists that inspire this band, made up of Marcelo Fernández, Ernesto Olaya and Felipe García.
Within the literary field, we cannot ignore the use of the term that concerns us now. A good example of this is the book “Citadino” . This belongs to the photographer Javier Godoy. It is his first work, it was published in 2017 and is a tour of the 50 best snapshots that he took between 1988 and 2013 of the city of Santiago.
Specifically, thanks to these snapshots, the city and its evolution during this time are shown through transportation, religion, art, economy... It is, therefore, a documentary book about the life of that city that It becomes evident through images that demonstrate the passage of time in it and in its citizens.
In the same way, we must not overlook that city is the name also used to refer to different residential neighborhoods that have been built in different cities around the world. A good example of this is Citadino Prado , in Montevideo.