📚 noun • entry_id 62363
open city
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ciudad abierta
A city which has announced (during wartime) that it has abandoned all defensive efforts, generally in the event of its imminent capture.
“You needn’t worry about bombs, by the way. Dresden is an open city. It is undefended, and contains no war industries or troop concentrations of any importance.”
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