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Meanings of global city in English

Russian
альфа-город
Portuguese
cidade mundial
Spanish
ciudad alfa
Catalan
ciutat global
Wikidata

City which is an important node in the global economy.

альфа-город
Usage of global city in English
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And Sydney's reputation as a vibrant global city had suffered.
News.com.au
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There is obviously an agenda to gentrify and attract tourists to make Chicago a ' global city'.
The Guardian
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Istanbul's 14 million residents occupy an area that has been a global city for two millennia.
The South African
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Singapore's next challenge is to strike a balance between being a global city and a caring nation.
Reuters
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Many of these are now seen as irrelevant to the global city, or belonging to another era.
The Guardian
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London is a humming, exhilarating global city.
The Guardian
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It belonged "more in a Dickens novel than in a 21st-century global city," he said.
The Guardian
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The recommended plan is a delight in that it actually plans for Auckland's future as a global city.
Radio NZ
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Manchester Originals are "celebrating a global city of firsts" and "laughing in the face of limits".
The Guardian
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And the most crowded part of the UK is London, which is Western Europe's largest and most global city.
BBC
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Readers vote for the best global city and have placed Kyoto Japan at the top for a second year running.
The South African
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A big city that wants to be a global city; a good city that wants to be a great city.
Radio NZ
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In a global city where football doesn't often take centre stage, it needed something or someone to seize the moment.
The Guardian
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LONDON'S transport authority made headlines earlier today after it banned Uber from the global city -but could Australia be next?
News.com.au
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Image is everything when it comes to global city brands -but who is this frenzied exercise in image-controlactually for?
The Guardian
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By global city standards even those are quite clean and orderly, but compared with the rest of the city they offer a stark contrast.
The Guardian