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alpha city

alpha city noun: a city that links a major economic state or region into the world economy.

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

Forms of alpha city

pluralalpha cities

Questions about alpha city

What does alpha city mean?
Alpha city means a city that links a major economic state or region into the world economy.
What part of speech is alpha city?
Alpha city is a noun.
What is the plural of alpha city?
The plural of alpha city is alpha cities.

Words near alpha city in the dictionary

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

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