Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	call_v	great_a	province_n	5,554	4	7.9737	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18616	The strange and marueilous newes lately come from the great kingdome of Chyna which adioyneth to the East Indya. Translated out of the Castlyn tongue, by T.N.	Nicholas, Thomas, b. ca. 1532, attributed name.	1577 (1577)	STC 5141; ESTC S116916	3,266	14

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