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global city

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. A city that serves as a primary node in the global economic network

    A city that serves as a primary node in the global economic network; a metropolis.

    • Today's global cities have been empowered and transformed by the construction of a market economy at a global scale. In this sense, I would argue, the global city must be seen as primarily a political phenomenon.

  2. Ellipsis of Bonifacio Global City.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA