English Explanatory Dictionary

global city

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A city that serves as a primary node in the global economic network; a metropolis.
name
  1. Ellipsis of Bonifacio Global City.

Word forms

global city global cities

Etymology

Popularized by Dutch-American sociologist Saskia Sassen in The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo (1991).

Related words

global order
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