central city in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for central city in the English»French Dictionary

central city N Am

central city

quartiers mpl du centre

Translations for central city in the English»French Dictionary

I.Central [Region] (in Scotland)

Central [Region]

la région Central

II.central [Brit ˈsɛntr(ə)l, Am ˈsɛntrəl] ADJ

1. central (in the middle):

central area, courtyard, district

central

in central London

dans le centre de Londres

2. central (in the town centre):

central house, apartment etc

situé en centre-ville

we need a central location for the office

il nous faut un bureau situé au centre-ville

3. central (key):

central argument, feature, message, role

principal

to be central to sth

être essentiel à qc

4. central:

central ADMIN, POL control, management, government, funding, planning

central

City

City

The

City

Quartier londonien des affaires et de la finance, la City est le siège des grandes banques, des compagnies d'assurance et de la plupart des sociétés d'agents de change. 500 000 personnes viennent y travailler chaque jour.

city [Brit ˈsɪti, Am ˈsɪdi] N

1. city (town):

city

(grande) ville f

the medieval city

la cité médiévale

attr city streets/people

rues/gens de la ville

2. city Brit:

the City

la City

3. city (population):

city

ville f

See also City

City

City

The

City

Quartier londonien des affaires et de la finance, la City est le siège des grandes banques, des compagnies d'assurance et de la plupart des sociétés d'agents de change. 500 000 personnes viennent y travailler chaque jour.

central city in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for central city in the English»French Dictionary

central [ˈsentrəl] ADJ

1. central (close to the middle):

central

central(e)

2. central (paramount):

central

primordial(e)

central issue

essentiel(le)

3. central (national):

central bank

central(e)

I.city <-ies> [ˈsɪti, Am ˈsɪt̬-] N

1. city (town):

city

ville f

capital city

capitale f

2. city Aus (centre of capital):

the city

le centre

city

De nombreuses cities américaines ont des surnoms. "New York" s'appelle "Gotham" ou "The Big Apple". Par analogie à ce dernier surnom, certains appellent "Los Angeles" "The Big Orange", mais d'autres lui préfèrent le surnom de "The City of the Angels". "Chicago", elle, est dénommée "The Windy City". "The City of Brotherly Love" désigne la ville de "Philadelphia". "Denver" porte le surnom de "The Mile-High city" à cause de son altitude et "Detroit" est dénommée "Motor City" à cause de son industrie automobile.

II.city <-ies> [ˈsɪti, Am ˈsɪt̬-] ADJ

city

urbain(e)

city life

citadin(e)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This increased the demand for inner city residences, which were readily available cheaply after much of the movement towards central city abandonment of the 1950s.

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The avenues in the north, east and south surrounding the central city are generally six-lane median divided.

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People at the ceremony said the central city must set up more traffic-calming measures in the area.

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A central city loop route was started in 1964 for which a small fare was charged, but failed to catch on.

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The market was opened in 1924 and was intended to be the central city open market, being closest to the city center.

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Central city land use and suburban financial support.

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A central city heritage tram system has been operated since 1995.

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Although administration may be separate for outlying districts, the population might say they are from the central city.

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The concept of a pedestrian mall originated in 1965 as part of a central city redevelopment study.

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In the central city, it described the area that was cordoned off after the earthquake.

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