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Bilbao effects

Bilbao effects is the plural of Bilbao effect.

Meaning of Bilbao effect

Noun

Bilbao effect (plural Bilbao effects)

  1. (urban studies) The potential of iconic architecture (starchitecture) to act as a catalyst for the economic revitalization of a city of region.
    • Abu Dhabi's leader talk of using the museum to ‘brand’ the city, of duplicating the ‘Bilbao Effect’.2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN

Questions about Bilbao effects

What is Bilbao effects the plural of?
Bilbao effects is the plural of Bilbao effect.

Words near Bilbao effects in the dictionary

  1. bilayered
  2. bilayerlike
  3. bilayers
  4. Bilbao
  5. Bilbao effect
  6. Bilbao effects
  7. Bilbaoan
  8. Bilbaoans
  9. bilberried
  10. bilberries
  11. bilberry

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