![]() But neither city is the capital: that’s Washington DC, which is something like the eighth biggest urban area by population. In the same way, Chicago is sometimes referred to as the United States’ second city, apparently on the grounds that in the 19th century it was second in size to New York (it’s since been overtaken by Los Angeles, but the name persists in that of a well-known comedy club). It would thus be absurd to refer to Edinburgh as the second city of Scotland, but absurd, too, to hand that crown to Glasgow. The second largest city in Scotland is Edinburgh, which is also its capital. Instantly, though, we have a problem, which is that those two definitions sometimes clash. ![]() Ask our friends/overlords at Google, and you’ll find that second city generally means either a country’s second largest city, or possibly the second most important city after its capital. Let’s begin, as lazy content since the dawn of time has begun, with definitions. ![]()
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