| inner city n. The usually older, central part of a city, especially when characterized by crowded neighborhoods in which low-income, often minority groups predominate. in  ner-city ( n r-st ) adj. |
inner city
n
(Sociology)
a. the parts of a city in or near its centre, esp when they are associated with poverty, unemployment, substandard housing, etc.
b. (as modifier) inner-city schools
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| Noun | 1. |  inner city - the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a citycenter, middle, centre, eye, heart - an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm" city, metropolis, urban center - a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city" |
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