alpha city
English
editNoun
editalpha city (plural alpha cities)
- A city that links a major economic state or region into the world economy.
- Coordinate terms: beta city, gamma city
- 2016, Alec Ross, The Industries of the Future:
- Exporting advanced services across the globe, they represent mini-economies in themselves. I am much more likely to run into an American who is a leading global innovator in an alpha city like Shanghai or Dubai than I am to see her or him in St. Louis, Missouri, or Manchester, England.