city center

English

Alternative forms

• city centre

Noun

city center (plural city centers) (American spelling)

1. The central business and shopping area of a city.

   Synonyms: (US) downtown, central business district

   Coordinate term: inner city (differentiated)

   • 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.

Related terms

• town centre / town center

Translations

downtown — see downtown

Anagrams

• Center City, city centre