main thoroughfare(With the arrival of the railway in 1886, Hastings Street became the city's main thoroughfare. -- Хэйстингс-стрит стала главной городской улицейART Vancouver)
principal city(Ex.: Jefferson City is the capital of the State of Missouri and the county seat of Cole County. It is the principal city of the Jefferson City metropolitan area which encompasses both Callaway and Cole counties. Lavrin)
