Meanings
nouncommunity centre (plural community centres)
plural community centres · alternative community center
- A building where the people, groups, and organisations in a particular area can go in order to meet one another for recreation, education, business etc.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 社區中心 /社区中心
- 社區中心 /社区中心A building for people in an area to meet for various purposes
Dutch buurthuis
- buurthuisA building for people in an area to meet for various purposes
Finnish monitoimitalo
- monitoimitaloA building for people in an area to meet for various purposes
Māori wharetako
- wharetakoA building for people in an area to meet for various purposes
Romanian casă de cultură
- casă de culturăA building for people in an area to meet for various purposes
Spanish casa comunal
- casa comunalA building for people in an area to meet for various purposes
Swedish bygdegård, allaktivitetshus
- bygdegårdA building for people in an area to meet for various purposes
- allaktivitetshusA building for people in an area to meet for various purposes
Turkish toplum merkezi
- toplum merkeziA building for people in an area to meet for various purposes
Cite this entry
APA
community centre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/community%20centre
MLA
“community centre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/community%20centre. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “community centre,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/community%20centre.
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