| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | city center |
| Synonyms: | barrio, center city, central city, condemned buildings, core, core city, downtown, ghetto, public housing district, skid row, slum, slums, urban city, urban ghetto |
| Main Entry: | region |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, domain; scope |
| Synonyms: | arena, bailiwick, belt, block, clearing, country, demesne, district, division, domain, dominion, environs, expanse, field, ghetto, ground, inner city, jungle, land, locale, locality, neck of woods, neighborhood, part, place, precinct, province, quarter, range, realm, scene, section, sector, shire, sphere, stomping ground, suburb, terrain, territory, tract, turf*, vicinity, walk, ward, world, zone |
| Main Entry: | asphalt jungle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | urban area |
| Synonyms: | city, concrete jungle, downtown, inner city, mean streets, metropolis, municipality, urban complex |
| Main Entry: | concrete jungle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | urban area |
| Synonyms: | asphalt jungle, city, downtown, inner city, mean streets, metropolis, municipality, urban complex, urban sprawl |
| Main Entry: | urban |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | city |
| Synonyms: | burghal, central, citified, civic, civil, downtown, inner-city, metropolitan, municipal, nonrural, oppidan, popular, public, town, village |
| Notes: | urban refers to a city; urbane means polished and smooth, as in a person's demeanor |
| Antonyms: | country, rural, suburban |
| Concept: | [Definite space] Region. |
| Category: | 1. ABSTRACT SPACE |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
region, sphere, ground, soil, area, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle; pale (limit); compartment, department; clearing; domain, tract, territory, country, canton, county, shire, province, arrondissement, mofussil, parish, township, commune, ward; wapentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth, soke, tithing, bailiwick; principality, duchy, kingdom; archduchy, archdukedom., arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march; patch, plot, inclosure, close, enclave, field, court; street (abode)., clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude.
-adjectives
territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.
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