inner city

See also: innercity and inner-city

English

Noun

inner city (plural inner cities)

1. (urban studies) The parts of a large city closer to its core, especially older, populous areas of low-income or immigrant families as opposed to centrally located commercial areas.

   Antonyms: suburb, countryside

   Coordinate terms: (differentiated) city center; central business district; downtown

Translations

central part of a city

• Danish: centrum (da) n, bymidte c, indre by c (when referring to Copenhagen), midtby c (when referring to Aarhus)
• Dutch: binnenstad (nl) m or f, stadskern (nl) m or f
• Finnish: kantakaupunki (fi), keskusta (fi)
• German: Innenstadt (de) f, Stadtmitte (de) f
• Greek: άστυ (el) n (ásty)
• Icelandic: (of a town) miðbær m, (of a city) miðborg f
• Norwegian: sentrum (no) n
• Portuguese: intramuros
• Swedish: centrum (sv), city (sv) c, innerstad (sv) c
• Urdu: اَنْدرُون شَہَر m (andrūn śahar)

See also

• ghetto
• intercity (homophonous or nearly so in some accents)
• urban