"central business district" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: central business districts [plural], as CBD [abbreviation]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} central business district (plural central business districts)
  1. The central area of a city in which there is a concentration of certain retail and business activities, especially in older cities with rail transportation. Wikipedia link: central business district Categories (topical): Business Categories (place): Places Synonyms: central city, city [Australia], city center, town centre, downtown, town Translations (central area of a city): 中央商業區 (Chinese Mandarin), 中央商业区 (zhōngyāng shāngyèqū) (Chinese Mandarin), 市中心 (shìzhōngxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), liikekeskusta (Finnish), quartier d’affaires [masculine] (French), centre-ville [masculine] (French), Innenstadt [feminine] (German), Stadtmitte [feminine] (German), Stadtzentrum [masculine] (German), belváros (Hungarian), városközpont (Hungarian), banknegyed (Hungarian), 中心業務地区 (chūshin gyōmu chiku) (alt: ちゅうしんぎょうむちく) (Japanese), sentrum [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), sentrum (Norwegian Nynorsk), centro [masculine] (Portuguese), cartier de afaceri [neuter] (Romanian), centru de oraș [neuter] (Romanian), центр го́рода (centr góroda) [masculine] (Russian), центр (centr) [masculine] (Russian), делова́я часть го́рода (delovája častʹ góroda) [feminine] (Russian), си́ти (síti) [masculine] (Russian), dountoun (Scots), centro [masculine] (Spanish), centrum (english: town or smaller city) [neuter] (Swedish), city (english: larger city) [neuter] (Swedish)

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