City
City noun - A thickly settled, highly populated area.
Focal point and city are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Focal point" instead a noun "City".
Focal point
Focal point noun - A point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges.
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Synonyms for Focal point
City and focal point are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "City" instead a noun phrase "Focal point".
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- City of Adventure: The City is the focal point for the first half of the book, up until Hellebore fully reveals his villainy.
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Bristol is the only major city in the region note other important towns and cities include Plymouth, Exeter and Swindon as well as the Gloucester/Cheltenham and Bournemouth/Poole conurbations and as such is the focal point for most events of notice.
Source: Useful Notes / The West Country -
With the factories gone, Lawrenceville is now trendy and artistic, the nucleus of Pittsburgh's hipster community and a frequent focal point in articles raving about Pittsburgh's coolness (much to the chagrin of people who live elsewhere in the city).
Source: Useful Notes / Pittsburgh
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Focal point and City. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/city/focal_point
City & Focal point. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/city/focal_point>.
Focal point or City. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/city/focal_point.
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