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central city

noun

  1. a city at the center of a metropolitan area.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of central city1

First recorded in 1945–50

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Example Sentences

Her central-city district contained a mix of tony enclaves and low-income minority neighborhoods.

Violence continues across Syria, with reports that the central city of Homs came under heavy shelling.

Days ago, Yingluck told the nation the central city would be spared serious flooding.

Never had the boys from Central City seen anything quite like the water-front at Hoboken.

The question now is not as to the existence or permanency of a central city on the shores of San Francisco bay.

Take Liverpool as a central city of the United Kingdom; it lies nearly on the 53rd parallel of north latitude.

Wellington, the most central city of New Zealand, is not far from the 41st parallel of southern latitude.

There is also a system of railways by which each town is placed in direct communication with Central City.

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