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core city
noun[ C ]
geography USspecializeduk /ˌkɔː ˈsɪ.ti/ us /ˌkɔːr ˈsɪ.t̬i/
a city that is at the centre of a metropolitan area (= one that consists of a city and its surrounding areas) :
Parts of the core city have been experiencing an economic boom over the past decade.
We need to exploit the economic potential of our core cities.
Core cities have been losing population as people move to the suburbs.
If the core city goes into decline then the suburbs will soon follow.
They have opened several new branches in the suburbs, but their head office is still in the core city.
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anti-city
anti-urban
backwater
boom town
burgher
Cantabrigian
central city
civic
conurbation
garden city
multi-city
municipal
native place
non-municipal
open city
retirement community
small-town
smoke
urbanite
Synonym
central city
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