A common noun is a name for a general category of things, such as "animal" or "book". A proper noun is a name for a specific person, place, or thing, such as "George Washington" or "Mount Everest".
"Milwaukee" is the name of a specific city, so it is a proper noun. "City" is a common noun, because it refers to a general category of places.
When we write a proper noun, we capitalize the first letter. So we write "Milwaukee city", not "milwaukee city".