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city center

city center noun: the central business and shopping area of a city.

Noun

city center (plural city centers)

  1. (US) The central business and shopping area of a city.
    • Near-synonyms: town center, town centre
    • In an effort to tackle mounting greenhouse gas emissions, the city of Hamburg, Germany, has decided to ban all cars from the city center by 2034.2014 January 21, Benjamin Preston, “Automobiles: Wheelies”, in New York Times, retrieved 19 Feb 2014

Synonyms of city center

Forms of city center

pluralcity centers
alternative formcity centre

Questions about city center

What does city center mean?
City center means the central business and shopping area of a city.
What part of speech is city center?
City center is a noun.
What is the plural of city center?
The plural of city center is city centers.

Words near city center in the dictionary

  1. city busses
  2. City Camp Central
  3. City Camp Proper
  4. city car
  5. city cars
  6. city center
  7. city centers
  8. city centre
  9. city centres
  10. city chicken
  11. city council

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