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	name_n	part_n	5,676	4	4.1716	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36242	A discourse concerning Sanchoniathon's Phœnician history by Henry Dodwell ...	Dodwell, Henry, 1641-1711.	1681 (1681)	Wing D1806; ESTC R3930	62,318	128

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