city centre
noun
British
: the main or central part of a city : the part of a city where there are tall buildings, stores, offices, etc.
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Whereas Liverpool’s city centre has been transformed in the decades since, the Wirral’s waterfront feels less promising.
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Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
Sign up Be sure to spend some time admiring the canals in Amsterdam’s city centre: there's nothing else quite like them.
—Jaymi McCann, theweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Head up Cattell Road to the east of Birmingham’s vast city centre and outside the turnstiles to the Tilton Road Stand of St Andrew’s is the towering image of a teenage Jude Bellingham.
—Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 13 July 2024
Spend the trip marvelling at the historic city centre's gothic architecture, wandering through museums of iconic Flemish art, and sipping hot chocolate.
—Tess Foley-Cox, theweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Other new stores to open in 2024 in the same area of London include the Oxford Street IKEA city centre store and a Uniqlo in the One Oxford Street development due for Spring 2024.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Participant observations were conducted in sample of eight city centre nightclubs in Glasgow, Scotland.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
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Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
Sign up Be sure to spend some time admiring the canals in Amsterdam’s city centre: there's nothing else quite like them.
—Jaymi McCann, theweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Head up Cattell Road to the east of Birmingham’s vast city centre and outside the turnstiles to the Tilton Road Stand of St Andrew’s is the towering image of a teenage Jude Bellingham.
—Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 13 July 2024
Spend the trip marvelling at the historic city centre's gothic architecture, wandering through museums of iconic Flemish art, and sipping hot chocolate.
—Tess Foley-Cox, theweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Other new stores to open in 2024 in the same area of London include the Oxford Street IKEA city centre store and a Uniqlo in the One Oxford Street development due for Spring 2024.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Participant observations were conducted in sample of eight city centre nightclubs in Glasgow, Scotland.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
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“City centre.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20centre. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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