BUSINESS DISTRICT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)