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alpha cities

alpha cities is the plural of alpha city.

Meaning of alpha city

Noun

alpha city (plural alpha cities)

  1. A city that links a major economic state or region into the world economy.
    • Exporting advanced services across the globe, they represent mini-economies in themselves. I am much more likely to run into an American who is a leading global innovator in an alpha city like Shanghai or Dubai than I am to see her or him in St. Louis, Missouri, or Manchester, England.2016, Alec Ross, The Industries of the Future

Questions about alpha cities

What is alpha cities the plural of?
Alpha cities is the plural of alpha city.

Words near alpha cities in the dictionary

  1. Alpha Cephei
  2. Alpha Ceti
  3. alpha chain disease
  4. alpha channel
  5. alpha channels
  6. alpha cities
  7. alpha city
  8. alpha conversion
  9. alpha conversions
  10. Alpha Coronae Borealis
  11. Alpha Crucis

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