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nounThe 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.
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Catalan intramurs
- intramurscentral part of a city
Danish centrum, bymidte
- centrumcentral part of a city
- bymidtecentral part of a city
- indre bycentral part of a city
- midtbycentral part of a city
Dutch binnenstad, stadskern
- binnenstadcentral part of a city
- stadskerncentral part of a city
Finnish kantakaupunki, keskusta
- kantakaupunkicentral part of a city
- keskustacentral part of a city
German Innenstadt, Stadtmitte
- Innenstadtcentral part of a city
- Stadtmittecentral part of a city
Greek άστυ
- άστυ (ásty)central part of a city
Icelandic miðbær, miðborg
- miðbærcentral part of a city
- miðborgcentral part of a city
Norwegian sentrum
- sentrumcentral part of a city
Portuguese intramuros
- intramuroscentral part of a city
Swedish centrum, city
- centrumcentral part of a city
- citycentral part of a city
- innerstadcentral part of a city
Urdu اَنْدرُون شَہَر
- اَنْدرُون شَہَر (andrūn śahar)central part of a city
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APA
inner city. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inner%20city
MLA
“inner city.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inner%20city. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inner city,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inner%20city.
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