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central city

NOUN
inner city
Synonyms
STRONGEST
downtown slum
WEAK
barrio center city core core city public housing district skid row slums urban city urban ghetto

Example Sentences

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“Where L.A. is really struggling is in that network of smaller parks that serve the central city, the everyday parks where you stop off for lunch or after work.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis insisted that the venue chosen, a remodelled university lecture hall in the central city of Larissa, was one of the two biggest courtrooms in Greece.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

The office of the clerical body charged with choosing Khamenei's successor as supreme leader, the Assembly of Experts, was also bombed in the central city of Qom on Tuesday, Iranian media reported.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Persian-language TV channels based outside Iran also posted images of a statue of Soleimani in the central city of Kashan being set on fire.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

Aerial views of the ruins are now spectacular; archaeologists have cleared most of the central city.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann