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City Center

Definition: City Center

City Center

Noun

1. The central part of a city.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: City Center

Synonym: central city (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: City Center

Specialty definitions using "city center": CASCLoebner PrizeSELS. (references)

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Modern Usage: City Center

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

City Center and Pedestrians (1974)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: City Center

DomainTitle

Books

  • Frankfurt Am Main Popout Map: City Center Carte/City Centre Map (reference)

  • Civil Engineering Applications of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems: Proceedings: Sheraton City Center Washington, D.C. May 14-16, (reference)

  • City Center to Regional Mall: Architecture, the Automobile, and Retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950 (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: City Center

Photos:
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Photo Album: City Center

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Edward Villella, mid-air leap, in costume for his role as the Peppermint Stick in Tschaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" as performed by the New York City Ballet at City Center. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: City Center

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

These airports are all located about 100 km from the city center of Stockholm. (references)

Children

Czech Republic

In Prague 24 of 50 metro stations are wheelchair accessible; however, most of these stations are in the outskirts of the city, and the majority of stations in the city center remained inaccessible. (references)

Civil Liberties

Azerbaijan

The Government did allow some opposition parties to organize pickets and to stage larger rallies far from the city center. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

On August 10, police in Osh reportedly arrested 15 women after dispersing a demonstration of approximately 200 women merchants who were protesting the local authorities' decision to stop street trade in the city center. (references)

Economic History

Luxembourg

It is located five miles from the city center. (references)

France

City center and department stores represent a total of about 21,800 outlets. (references)

France

French food retailers fall under six principal formats: Department stores, hypermarkets, supermarkets, city center stores, hard discounters, traditional outlets. (references)

Human Rights

Iraq

In July 2000, the PUK reportedly ordered all opposition groups to move their offices out of Sulaymaniah's city center following a number of bombings; the IWCP reportedly refused to move. (references)

Travel

Egypt

Another line is now running from Shoubra El Kheima, north of Cairo, to Ramses Station in the city center. (references)

Nicaragua

Airports: Managua International Airport (located 7 miles east of the city center) has separate cargo facilities constructed in 1995. The main cargo carriers are Fine Airlines (based in Miami), and TACA Airlines. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: City Center

Expression using "city center": Sun City Center. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: City Center

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

city center

114

wyndham city center hotel

12

holiday inn chicago city center

67

city center columbus ohio

12

columbus city center

47

portland marriott city center

11

sun city center fl

46

marriott charlotte city center

11

hilton milwaukee city center

41

w hotel chicago city center

11

wyndham city center

39

media city center

10

marriott denver city center

29

wyndham city center washington dc

10

w chicago city center

27

sheraton city center

9

sun city center

25

seattle city center travelodge

9

marriott city center

25

sheraton cleveland city center hotel

9

sun city center florida

24

rome city center hotel

4

sheraton cleveland city center

22

the avenue at tower city center

4

toronto city center airport

18

holiday inn green bay city center

3

marriott pittsburgh city center

18

holiday inn la city center

3

park city center

16

sun city center inn

2

marriott minneapolis city center

16

sun city center hotel

2

marriott oakland city center

15

indianapolis city center

2

hotel manchester city center

15

holiday inn sioux falls city center

2

city center dubai

14

sun city center real estate

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: City Center

Language Translations for "city center"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

historisk bykærne (historic center, historic centre, historic city center, historic city centre, historic core of a city, historic core of a town, historic nucleus, historic town center, historic town centre), historisk bydel (historic center, historic centre, historic city center, historic city centre, historic core of a city, historic core of a town, historic nucleus, historic town center, historic town centre). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

oude kern (historic center, historic centre, historic city center, historic city centre, historic core of a city, historic core of a town, historic nucleus, historic town center, historic town centre), historische kern (historic center, historic centre, historic city center, historic city centre, historic core of a city, historic core of a town, historic nucleus, historic town center, historic town centre), historische binnenstad (historic center, historic centre, historic city center, historic city centre, historic core of a city, historic core of a town, historic nucleus, historic town center, historic town centre), historisch centrum (historic center, historic centre, historic city center, historic city centre, historic core of a city, historic core of a town, historic nucleus, historic town center, historic town centre). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

urbocentro. (various references)

   

French

  

centre-ville (downtown city core). (various references)

   

German

  

stadtzentrum (City, downtown, town center). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

belváros (city, city centre, downtown). (various references)

   

Italian

  

centro storico (historic center, historic centre, historic city center, historic city centre, historic core of a city, historic core of a town, historic nucleus, historic town center, historic town centre), nucleo storico (historic center, historic centre, historic city center, historic city centre, historic core of a city, historic core of a town, historic nucleus, historic town center, historic town centre). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

副都心 (secondaryeffects on a city center as a result of suburban development). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ふくとし" (secondaryeffects on a city center as a result of suburban development). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

itycay entercay

   

Portuguese

  

centro (average, center, centre, city centre, depth, heart, kernel, mean, middle, midst, navel, nude, on). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

centro urbano, centro de la ciudad (downtown, midtown). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: City Center

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-i-n-r-t-t-y"

-1 letter: reticency.

-2 letters: entirety, eternity, reticent.

-3 letters: centric, cittern, eccrine, enteric, enticer, nettier, recency, tentier.

-4 letters: center, centre, cerite, cretic, cretin, entice, entire, entity, netter, nicety, nitery, recent, recite, retine, retint, tenrec, tenter, tentie, tercet, tierce, tinter, triene, yttric.

-5 letters: cerci, ceric, citer, cynic, enter, entry, erect, eyrie, inert, inter, netty, nicer, niece, niter, nitre, nitty.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-e-e-i-n-r-t-t-y"
 

+2 letters: eccentricity, tetracycline.

 

+3 letters: cyberneticist, egocentricity, tetracyclines.

 

+4 letters: cyberneticists, theocentricity.

 

+5 letters: centrosymmetric, ethnocentricity, oxytetracycline.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: City Center


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 69 74 79      43 65 6E 74 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01101001 01110100 01111001 00100000 01000011 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#105 &#116 &#121 &#32 &#67 &#101 &#110 &#116 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0069 0074 0079      0043 0065 006E 0074 0065 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

377586912377180867184

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Non-English Dictionaries with "City Center"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsedanois, dänisch, dán, danese, dinamarquês, danés

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, holland, olandese, holandês, holandés

Esperanto

vortaro, difino, tradukoesperanton, espéranto, eszperanto, eszperantó, エスキモー犬 , エスペラント , esperanto

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrançais, französisch, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, francés

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiontysker, Duitse, allemand, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, alemán

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, húngaro

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitaliener, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 Japonais, japaner, japanisch, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょJaponais, japaner, japanisch, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portugués

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónSpaans, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, español

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglan, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, inglês, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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