Meanings
nounshopping centre (plural shopping centres)
plural shopping centres · alternative US shopping center
- AustraliaUKA large retail outlet consisting of several shops.
The streets radiated out from the new shopping centre like the spokes of a wheel.
1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 20Synonyms: mall, shopping mall
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large retail outlet consisting of several shops.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounmercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans winkelsentrum
- winkelsentrumlarge retail outlet
Arabic مَرْكَز تَسَوُّق, مَرْكَز تِجَارِيّ
- مَرْكَز تَسَوُّق (markaz tasawwuq)large retail outlet
- مَرْكَز تِجَارِيّ (markaz tijāriyy)large retail outlet
- مُجَمَّع (mujammaʕ)large retail outlet
- مُجَمَّع تِجَارِيّ (mujammaʕ tijāriyy)large retail outlet
- مُول (mōl)large retail outlet
Basque merkataritza-gune, saltoki-gune
- merkataritza-gunelarge retail outlet
- saltoki-gunelarge retail outlet
Bengali বিপণি কেন্দ্র, শপিং সেন্টার
- বিপণি কেন্দ্র (biponi kendro)large retail outlet
- শপিং সেন্টার (śopiṅ śenṭar)large retail outlet
Bulgarian търго́вски це́нтър
- търго́вски це́нтър (tărgóvski céntăr)large retail outlet
Catalan centre comercial
- centre comerciallarge retail outlet
Chinese Cantonese 商場 /商场
- 商場 /商场 (soeng¹ coeng⁴)large retail outlet
Chinese Mandarin 購物中心 /购物中心, 商場 /商场
- 購物中心 /购物中心 (gòuwù zhòngxīn)large retail outlet
- 商場 /商场 (shāngchǎng)large retail outlet
- 購物城 /购物城 (gòuwùchéng)large retail outlet
Czech obchodní centrum, nákupní středisko
- obchodní centrumlarge retail outlet
- nákupní střediskolarge retail outlet
Danish butikscenter, indkøbscenter
- butikscenterlarge retail outlet
- indkøbscenterlarge retail outlet
- storcenterlarge retail outlet
Dutch winkelcentrum
- winkelcentrumlarge retail outlet
Esperanto vendejaro, butikumcentro
- vendejarolarge retail outlet
- butikumcentrolarge retail outlet
Estonian kaubanduskeskus
- kaubanduskeskuslarge retail outlet
Finnish ostoskeskus
- ostoskeskuslarge retail outlet
French centre commercial, centre d'achats
- centre commerciallarge retail outlet
- centre d'achatslarge retail outlet
German Einkaufszentrum
- Einkaufszentrumlarge retail outlet
Greek εμπορικό κέντρο
- εμπορικό κέντρο (emporikó kéntro)large retail outlet
Hebrew קַנְיוֹן, מֶרְכַּז קְנִיּוֹת
- קַנְיוֹן (kanyon)large retail outlet
- מֶרְכַּז קְנִיּוֹת (merkáz kniyót)large retail outlet
Hindi शॉपिंग सेंटर, शॉपिंग मॉल
- शॉपिंग सेंटर (śŏpiṅg sẽṭar)large retail outlet
- शॉपिंग मॉल (śŏpiṅg mŏl)large retail outlet
Hungarian üzletközpont, bevásárlóközpont
- üzletközpontlarge retail outlet
- bevásárlóközpontlarge retail outlet
- plázalarge retail outlet
Icelandic verslunarmiðstöð
- verslunarmiðstöðlarge retail outlet
Indonesian pusat perbelanjaan
- pusat perbelanjaanlarge retail outlet
Irish ionad siopadóireachta
- ionad siopadóireachtalarge retail outlet
Italian centro commerciale
- centro commercialelarge retail outlet
Japanese ショッピングセンター, ショッピングモール
- ショッピングセンター (shoppingu sentā)large retail outlet
- ショッピングモール (shoppingu mōru)large retail outlet
- モール (mōru)large retail outlet
Korean 쇼핑 센터, 쇼핑몰
- 쇼핑 센터 (syoping senteo)large retail outlet
- 쇼핑몰 (syopingmol)large retail outlet
Latin emporium
- emporiumlarge retail outlet
Latvian iepirkumu centrs
- iepirkumu centrslarge retail outlet
Lithuanian prekybos centras
- prekybos centraslarge retail outlet
Malay pusat beli-belah, medan beli-belah
- pusat beli-belahlarge retail outlet
- medan beli-belahlarge retail outlet
Norwegian Bokmål kjøpesenter, butikksenter
- kjøpesenterlarge retail outlet
- butikksenterlarge retail outlet
Polish centrum handlowe, galeria handlowa
- centrum handlowelarge retail outlet
- galeria handlowalarge retail outlet
Portuguese shopping, centro comercial
- shoppinglarge retail outlet
- centro comerciallarge retail outlet
Romanian centru comercial, centru de cumpărături
- centru comerciallarge retail outlet
- centru de cumpărăturilarge retail outlet
Russian торго́вый центр, молл
- торго́вый центр (torgóvyj centr)large retail outlet
- молл (moll)large retail outlet
- торгце́нтр (torgcéntr)large retail outlet
Scottish Gaelic ionad-bhùthan, ionad-seopadaireachd
- ionad-bhùthanlarge retail outlet
- ionad-seopadaireachdlarge retail outlet
Slovak nákupné stredisko, nákupné centrum
- nákupné strediskolarge retail outlet
- nákupné centrumlarge retail outlet
- obchodné centrumlarge retail outlet
Spanish centro comercial, shopping
- centro comerciallarge retail outlet
- shoppinglarge retail outlet
- shopping centerlarge retail outlet
Swahili duka la manunuzi
- duka la manunuzilarge retail outlet
Swedish köpcenter, affärscenter
- köpcenterlarge retail outlet
- affärscenterlarge retail outlet
- gallerialarge retail outlet
- köpcentrumlarge retail outlet
Thai ศูนย์การค้า, ห้างสรรพสินค้า
- ศูนย์การค้า (sǔun-gaan-káa)large retail outlet
- ห้างสรรพสินค้า (hâang-sàp-pá-sǐn-káa)large retail outlet
Turkish alışveriş merkezi
- alışveriş merkezilarge retail outlet
Ukrainian торго́вий центр
- торго́вий центр (torhóvyj centr)large retail outlet
Urdu شاپِن٘گ مال, مَرْکَزِ خَرِیداری
- شاپِن٘گ مال (śāpiṅg māl)large retail outlet
- مَرْکَزِ خَرِیداری (markaz-i xarīdārī)large retail outlet
- شاپِن٘گ سِنْٹَر (śāpiṅg sinṭar)large retail outlet
- شاپِن٘گ سینْٹَر (śāpiṅg senṭar)large retail outlet
Vietnamese trung tâm mua sắm, trung tâm thương mại
- trung tâm mua sắmlarge retail outlet
- trung tâm thương mạilarge retail outlet
Welsh canolfan siopa
- canolfan siopalarge retail outlet
Cite this entry
APA
shopping centre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopping%20centre
MLA
“shopping centre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopping%20centre. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shopping centre,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopping%20centre.
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