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BUSINESS DISTRICT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The central area or commercial center of a town or city
Example:
the heart of Birmingham's downtown
Synonyms:
business district; downtown
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("business district" is a kind of...):
city district (a district of a town or city)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "business district"):
Tin Pan Alley (a city district (originally in New York) where composers and publishers of popular music do business)
