principal city
Example Sentences
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An ardent Japanese nationalist, Takaichi was born in Nara, a prefecture famous for the sacred deer that draw thousands of tourists to its principal city each year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2025
“It’s staggering and heartbreaking — I don’t know any other way to put it,” said Ken Bernstein, principal city planner at Los Angeles City Planning’s Office of Historic Resources.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2025
Even so, I would have guessed neighborhood safety might be a greater concern in metro areas where the principal city has significantly higher violent-crime rates than Seattle.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
Eight of the top 10 have home values higher than in their nearby principal city, and in seven of those markets, the typical home value is more than $150,000.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2022
It was the base of operations during the reconquest of Italy from the Goths, both for Belisarius and for Narses, and was made the principal city and harbour on the east coast of the Adriatic.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
