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edge city

 
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–noun
an area on the outskirts of a city having a high density of office buildings, shopping malls, hotels, etc.
Origin:
1985–90, Americanism
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edge city  
n.  A sizeable commercial center offering a mixture of employment, shopping, and entertainment and serving a primarily suburban area.

[After Edge City: Life on the New Frontier, title of a 1991 book by American writer Joel Garreau.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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