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Common
adj
•
Being in the
centre
.
•
Having
or
containing
the
centre
of something.
•
Being very important, or
key
to something.
•
In Anatomy:
Exerting
its
action
towards the
peripheral
organs
.
noun
•
In American English:
centre
name
•
A
former
local government
region
in
central
Scotland
,
created
in 1975
mainly
from
Stirlingshire
,
abolished
in 1996 and
divided
into 3
council areas
:
Clackmannanshire
,
Falkirk
and
Stirling
(which were
districts
within the
region
).
•
The
Central
Line
of the
London Underground
,
originally
known as the
Central
London
Railway
.
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metropolitan
center
southern
northern
crucial
core
vital
western
fundamental
regional
pivotal
essential
integral
east
important
eastern
pertinent
rural
heartland
hub
critical
national
foundational
relevant
downtown
significant
primary
west
prominent
adjacent
key
north
city
similar
related
paramount
main
district
northeast
influential
intrinsic
local
south
basic
indispensable
coastal
focus
southeastern
conducive
gateway
focal
centers
province
akin
irrelevant
north west
city centre
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central
English
centralis
Latin
-alis
Latin
centrum
Latin
κέντρον
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
κεντέω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
κεντεῖν
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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