不过，值得注意的是，友好城市（sister city）在西方国家有时还称之为twin city。但它们的涵意不尽相同，请看英文Wikipedia对sister city的释意：
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establish sister city ties with 建立友好城市关系
New sister city 姊妹城市
sister city relationship 姐妹城 ; 姐妹城市
Kansas City-Xian Sister City Committee 堪城西安友好协会
sister city relation 姐妹城市关系
a sister city affiliation 姐妹城市的亲善关系
Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City 巴尔的摩
N-COUNT Sister cities are cities in different countries that have formally established a special relationship with each other involving, for example, cultural and sports events. 姊妹城市; 友好城市 [美国英语]
...dancers from Palo Alto's Mexican sister city, Oaxaca.
...从保罗·阿尔陀的墨西哥友好城市瓦哈卡来的舞蹈演员。
But during those days, Harlem and Soweto were sister cities.
那时候哈莱姆和索维托可是友好城市。
Alison: it's for a delegation our sister city in Germany.
艾丽森：是我们在德国的姊妹市所遣代表团。
They visited a winemaking town in Tuscany. Crespina, with about four thousand people, became a sister city to Staten Island.
他们参观了意大利托斯卡纳区的造酒城镇Crespina，这个拥有4000人口的小镇成为了史坦顿岛的姐妹城市。
The Jinan delegation was invited to visit Israel by the city of Kfar Saba of Israel, which became sister city with Jinan in 2009.
济南市代表团应以色列卡法萨巴市邀请访问以色列，该市与济南市于2009年结为友好城市。
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