English Explanatory Dictionary

primate city

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A city in a geographic region that is much more populous than any other cities in that region.

Word forms

primate city primate cities

Etymology

From primate + city, coined in 1939 by Mark Jefferson.

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