No. 11,118 in Russian
городами
The Russian word "городами" means "by cities" or "with cities" (instrumental plural of "город" – city).
In a sentence
Между этими двумя городами пролегает длинная река.
Between these two cities lies a long river.
In this sentence, 'городами' is used in the instrumental plural form to indicate association or relationship between two cities.
Он путешествовал по различным городами нашей страны.
He traveled through various cities of our country.
Here, 'городами' serves as the instrumental plural form, denoting the means or method — traveling through the medium of cities.
Города, через которые мы прошли, были различными городами.
The cities we passed through were various cities.
In this context, 'городами' describes the plural form of cities in the instrumental case used for characterization.
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