alpha city

English

Noun

alpha city (plural alpha cities)

  1. A city of global economic importance.
    • 2016, Alec Ross, The Industries of the Future
      Exporting advanced services across the globe, they represent mini-economies in themselves. I am much more likely to run into an American who is a leading global innovator in an alpha city like Shanghai or Dubai than I am to see her or him in St. Louis, Missouri, or Manchester, England.

Coordinate terms
  • beta city
  • gamma city
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