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I grew in the inner city, listening to Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, The Commodores - lots of soul music.
Stefon Harris

Meaning of "inner city" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INNER CITY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INNER CITY

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Inner city is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INNER CITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

inner city

Inner city

The inner city is the central area of a major city or metropolis and may also refer to the Urban Land Use Model. In the United States, the term is often a euphemism applied to the lower-income residential districts in the city centre and nearby areas. In the United States, the term has the additional connotation of impoverished black and/or Hispanic neighborhoods. Sociologists in these countries sometimes turn this euphemism into a formal designation, applying the term inner city to such residential areas rather than to geographically more central commercial districts. However, the euphemism is increasingly inaccurate and irrelevant as inner city areas of American cities have undergone gentrification especially since the 1990s. Such connotations are less common in other countries, where deprived areas may be located in outlying parts of cities. For instance, in many European cities, the inner city is the most prosperous part of the metropolis, where housing is expensive and where elites and high-income individuals dwell. Poverty and crime are more associated with the distant suburbs.

Definition of inner city in the English dictionary

The definition of inner city in the dictionary is the parts of a city in or near its centre, esp when they are associated with poverty, unemployment, substandard housing, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INNER CITY

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Inner Hebrides
Inner Light
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Inner Mongolia
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inner self
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Inner Temple
inner tube
inner woman

WORDS THAT END LIKE INNER CITY

authenticity
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Synonyms and antonyms of inner city in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «inner city» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INNER CITY

Find out the translation of inner city to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of inner city from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inner city» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

市中心区
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

barrios deprimidos del centro de una ciudad
570 millions of speakers

English

inner city
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भीतरी शहर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

داخل المدينة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

внутренний город
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aglomeração urbana
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শহরের ভিতরে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quartiers déshérités
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bandar dalam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Innenstadt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

インナーシティー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도심의 빈민지역
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kutha utama
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nội thành
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உள் நகரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आतील शहर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şehir içi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

quartieri poveri del centro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Inner City
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

внутрішній місто
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oraș interior
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κέντρο της πόλης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

middestad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

innerstad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inner city
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inner city

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INNER CITY»

The term «inner city» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.072 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INNER CITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inner city

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10 QUOTES WITH «INNER CITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word inner city.
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Diane Abbott
My London constituency in Hackney has one of the highest levels of gun crime in the country. But the problem is no longer confined to inner city areas. Gun crime has spread to communities all over Britain.
2
Richard Dean Anderson
I've also been working with the Challengers Club in the inner city of Los Angeles for 15 years now, I guess, and it's essentially an inner-city recreation club for boys and girls.
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Jonas Armstrong
The first time I've actually filmed in London, the locations we've all had have been real inner city, grimy urban places which has been great. Filming here, you've got everything on your doorstep, so when you've got time off, you can go into town, so I've really enjoyed it.
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Mary J. Blige
In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me.
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Eric Bogosian
If all I ever wrote about was inner city freaks, I think it would be dishonest.
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Majora Carter
What's popular in places considered ghettos - whether that's the inner city or Appalachia - is having a decent quality of life.
7
Clark Durant
I do not believe in widening the income gap between rich and poor, and my life's work in the inner city of Detroit demonstrates that far more than any sound bite.
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James L. Farmer, Jr.
Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.
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Stefon Harris
I grew in the inner city, listening to Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, The Commodores - lots of soul music.
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Tom Hayden
If you look at the data, the inner city that was the riot zone lost 55,000 jobs in the ten years from 1992 to 2002, instead of gaining a surplus of 50,000.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INNER CITY»

Discover the use of inner city in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inner city and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Inner city miracle
The star of the popular television show Judge Mathis describes his rise from Detroit housing projects, gang life, and delinquency; his mother's help in turning his life around; his education; his role as the youngest judge in Michigan ...
Greg Mathis, Blair S. Walker, 2002
2
Doing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City
Doing the Best I Can is a strikingly rich, paradigm-shifting look at fatherhood among inner-city men often dismissed as “deadbeat dads.” Kathryn Edin and Timothy J. Nelson examine how couples in challenging straits come together and get ...
Kathryn Edin, Timothy J. Nelson, 2013
3
The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and ...
This second edition also includes a new afterword from Wilson himself that brings the book up to date and offers fresh insight into its findings. “The Truly Disadvantaged should spur critical thinking in many quarters about the causes and ...
William Julius Wilson, 2012
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Language in the Inner City: Studies in the Black English ...
"Language in the Inner City firmly establishes African American Vernacular English not simply as slang but as a well-formed set of rules of pronunciation and grammar capable of conveying complex logic and reasoning.
William Labov, 1972
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Healing the Inner City Child: Creative Arts Therapies with ...
A must-read for creative arts therapists, psychologists, social workers and educators, this book offers a comprehensive overview of arts-based interventions for anyone working to improve the lives of children growing up in inner city areas.
Vanessa Camilleri, 2007
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Inner-City Schools Multiculturalism and Teacher Education: A ...
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Frederick L. Yeo, Joe Kincheloe, Shirley R. Steinberg, 2013
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The Inner City: Urban Poverty and Economic Developoment ...
Porter's ideas have prompted endorsement as well as criticism. More importantly, they have inspired a search for new solutions to inner city distress as well as a reassessment of current approaches.
Thomas D. Boston, Catherine Laverne Ross, 1997
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Rebuilding the Inner City: A History of Neighborhood ...
This book examines the history of these initiatives.
Robert Halpern, 1995
9
Violence and Childhood in the Inner City
The contributors to this book believe that something can be done to make life in American cities safer, to make growing up in the urban ghettos less risky, and to reduce the violence that so often permeates urban childhoods.
Joan McCord, 1997
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The Analyst in the Inner City: Race, Class, and Culture ...
Much like the original, this second edition of The Analyst in the Inner City opens up with updated, detailed clinical vignettes and case presentations, which illustrate the challenges of working within this clinical milieu.
Neil Altman, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INNER CITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inner city is used in the context of the following news items.
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An Inner City Camp With Its Sights Set On Outer Space « CBS Philly
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Today's middle schoolers may become the generation of engineers that puts a man on Mars, and so a science camp ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
2
Embrace Girl Power program mentors more than 100 inner city girls …
A South Florida program in Miami teaches inner city girls about taking charge and getting what they want out of life. Show Transcript Hide ... «Local 10, Jul 15»
3
Monto – remembering and reclaiming an inner city … - The Irish Times
Today's guests are Terry Fagan, a local historian and expert on all things Monto, and one of the people behind the North Inner City Folklore ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
4
Inner City Safety Society calls for big changes within Ministry of …
The Inner City Safety Society claims this week's court case involving children placed with an abusive father is the latest example of the ... «News1130, Jul 15»
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Michael Gove Plans Closure And Sell-Off Of Inner City Prisons To …
'Inner city' prisons on lucrative real estate sites are to be closed and sold off, Michael Gove has announced. In a move that will have London ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
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Starbucks moves into inner city neighborhoods | The Columbian
Starbucks said Thursday it's opening stores in 15 poor and middle-class inner city locations across the U.S., including one in Ferguson, Mo., ... «The Columbian, Jul 15»
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Inner City Press: Investigative Reporting from the United Nations
They noted, as Inner City Press has, that it was a full week ago, on July 9, that “the situation on Burundi was most recently discussed by the Security Council. «Inner City Press, Jul 15»
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Investigative Reporting From the United Nations to … - Inner City Press
UNITED NATIONS, July 16 -- The day after the Iran Deal was announced in Vienna by the EU's Federica Mogherini then Iran's Javad Zarif, on July 15 a draft ... «Inner City Press, Jul 15»
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Inner city Chipmunks closes | Stuff.co.nz
Chipmunks on Nelson's Hardy St has closed after its owners decided not to renew their lease, but the adventure playground franchise might not ... «The Nelson Mail, Jul 15»
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On HRC, ICP Asks of Sri Lanka, Free Press & Covered-Up Child …
Inner City Press ran to the room to asked questions; not called on, it tweeted this question: on OHCHR cover-up of child rapes in the Central African Republic, ... «Inner City Press, Jul 15»

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