town

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Meaning

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

town

city

village

settlement

community

municipality

municipal

capital

township

urban

burg

hamlet

country

street

metropolis

townsfolk

townspeople

large village

small town

market place

place

streets

urban areas

block

neighborhood

down town

borough

district

people

home

population centre

abode

accommodation

field

location

site

spot

venue

whereabouts

locality

path

port

colony

neighbourhood

town walls

downtown

walled city

busy part of the town

the busy part of the town

center

inhabitants

society

townpeople

fortified town

wick

urban place

province

native land

fatherland

nation

district capital

homeland

land

large town

branch

dwell

school

hail

micropolis

townikin

population center

fort

civic

urbane

inner city

county

Chester

ton

villages

chorography

hometown

Main Street

outharbour

outport

metropolitan area

urban area

homestead

urban settlement

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/taʊn/

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”).