city center

English

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Noun

city center (plural city centers) (American spelling)

  1. The central business and shopping area of a city.
    • 2014 January 21, Benjamin Preston, “Automobiles: Wheelies”, in New York Times, retrieved 19 February 2014:
      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.
    Synonyms: (US) downtown, central business district

Translations
downtown — see downtown

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