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noun
A concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment locations outside a traditional downtown (or central business district), in what was previously a residential or rural area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Qualifier: urban studies
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Popularized by the 1991 book Edge City: Life on the New Frontier, by Joel Garreau.
Across languages
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