inner-city
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inner city
n.
The usually older, central part of a city, especially when characterized by crowded neighborhoods in which low-income groups predominate.
in′ner-cit′y adj.
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Translations
inner-city
[ˌɪnəˈsɪtɪ] ADJ [schools, problems] → de las zonas céntricas pobres, de los barrios céntricos pobresan inner-city area → un área pobre del centro
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
inner-city
adj attr → Innenstadt-; traffic → innenstädtisch; housing → in der Innenstadt; (= of cities generally) → in den Innenstädten; decay, renewal, problem → der Innenstadt/der Innenstädte; inner-city area → Innenstadtbereich m; deprived inner-city children → heruntergekommene Stadtkinder
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