CIVIC
What does "CIVIC" mean?
Relating to a city, its citizens, or their duties and affairs.
Meanings
- Relating to a city or town and the people who live in it. The new library was a source of civic pride.
- Relating to the rights and responsibilities of being a citizen. Voting is one of the most basic civic duties.
Did you know?
- 'Civic' reads identically forwards and backwards - a five-letter palindrome.
- Rome's 'corona civica', a crown of oak leaves, was a top military honor given to any citizen who saved the life of a fellow citizen in battle - civic duty made literal.
Word origin
From Latin 'civicus', 'relating to a citizen', from 'civis', 'citizen', the same root as 'city' and 'civilization'.
Remember it
CIVIC is a palindrome - it does its civic duty the same coming and going.
A little poem
It reads the same from either end, this word-
as if to say: a city's two halves heard.
couplet
Wordplay
- Why is CIVIC the most fair-minded word? It treats both directions exactly the same.
What it teaches
A city is only as strong as the duties its citizens choose to read in both directions.
Quick facts
What does CIVIC mean?
Relating to a city, its citizens, or their duties and affairs.
Is CIVIC a valid word?
Yes — CIVIC is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CIVIC?
CIVIC has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does CIVIC come from?
From Latin 'civicus', 'relating to a citizen', from 'civis', 'citizen', the same root as 'city' and 'civilization'.
What can CIVIC teach us?
A city is only as strong as the duties its citizens choose to read in both directions.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.