town

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
3. (UK, countable, historical, uncountable) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
4. (countable, uncountable) The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
5. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
6. (countable, uncountable) A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
7. (countable, informal, uncountable) A townhouse.
8. (countable, uncountable) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
9. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) 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. (Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

Synonyms

city

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village

settlement

municipality

community

township

capital

municipal

urban

burg

hamlet

country

street

townspeople

metropolis

large village

townsfolk

small town

market place

block

people

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urban areas

place

borough

district

neighborhood

down town

home

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streets

port

province

school

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site

spot

population centre

ton

urban area

urbane

urban settlement

venue

villages

whereabouts

wick

Chester

fortified town

Main Street

outport

walled city

town walls

society

Translations

ville

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Stadt

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stad

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ciudad

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città

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cidade

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pueblo

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πόλη

urbs

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şehir

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cité

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village

plaats

ciutat

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/taʊn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: toun

Inherited from Old English: tūn

Cognate with Western Frisian: tún

Cognate with Dutch: tuin

Cognate with German: Zaun

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Swedish: -

Cognate with Norwegian: tun

Cognate with Welsh: din

Cognate with Irish: dún

In summary

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

Sentences

During that era the size of the town was doubled .

However , the town became a part of Czechoslovakia .

They shouted consolation and promises and went off back to the town again to get help .

The gold mining town Thornborough was named after him .

Her dad makes the best chipotle in town !

The highest point in town is Croydon Peak , at above sea level .