edge city
noun
: a suburb that has developed its own political, economic, and commercial base independent of the central city
Word History
First Known Use
1988, in the meaning defined above
edge city
noun
as in central city
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- central city
- garden city
- inner city
- core city
- urban sprawl
- downtown
- suburb
- suburbia
- midtown
- exurb
- town
- city
- borough
- asphalt jungle
- municipality
- metropolis
- conurbation
- burg
- megalopolis
- cosmopolis
- megacity