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edge city

Summary

edge city has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • edge city is a type of city[2].
  • edge city is a type of suburb[3].
  • edge city's Commons category is recorded as Edge cities[4].
  • edge city's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Edge cities[5].
  • edge city's described by source is recorded as Edge City: Life on the New Frontier[6].
  • edge city's has list is recorded as list of edge cities[7].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include city[2] and suburb[3].

Why It Matters

edge city has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Related Entities

city

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved . philadelphiaencyclopedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved . philadelphiaencyclopedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved . philadelphiaencyclopedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). edge city. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/edge-city
MLA “edge city.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/edge-city.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_edge-city_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{edge city}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/edge-city}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 4w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → Edge City: Life on the New Frontier
    Has list → list of edge cities
    Subclass of → city, suburb
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||vi, ar */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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