town

Betekenis

1. A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
2. Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
3. A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
4. The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
5. (colloquial) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
6. A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
7. (informal) A townhouse.
8. A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
9. (obsolete) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor; by extension, the whole of the land which constituted the domain.
10. (obsolete) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
11. London, especially central London.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/taʊn/

Etimologie

From Middle English toun, from Old English tūn (“enclosure, garden”), from Proto-Germanic *tūną (“fence”) (compare West Frisian tún, Dutch tuin (“garden”), German Zaun, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tun), from Gaulish dūnom (“hill, hillfort”), from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (compare archaic Welsh din (“hill”), Irish dún (“fortress”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”). Doublet of dun. See also -ton and tine (“to enclose”).

Sinne

I was just in town earlier this year , so it is kind of crazy to think about what took place right after .

It is named after the town of Bridgwater in the English county of Somerset .

The village is situated approximately north-west from the city and county town of Lincoln .

Melchett founded the town of Tel Mond, now in Israel .

The Test cricketer , Alan Davidson , hails from the town .