1A city; an urban area — generally a large town or metropolitan area, often contrasted with the countryside (田舎).
都会での生活は便利だが、人が多くて忙しい。
Life in the city is convenient but crowded and busy.
彼女は田舎育ちだが都会に憧れている。
She grew up in the countryside but longs for the city.
都会の喧騒から離れて休みたい。
I want to get away from the city's noise and rest.
この町は年々発展して、少しずつ都会らしくなってきた。
This town has developed year by year and is gradually starting to feel like a city.
2An old, largely obsolete abbreviation for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly (都議会). Essentially unused in modern Japanese; occasionally seen only in older newspaper headlines.