town

Значение (Английский)

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.

Синонимы

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

🏠

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

busy part of the town

the busy part of the town

townpeople

urban place

micropolis

outharbour

population center

population centre

abode

townikin

accommodation

branch

center

chorography

civic

colony

county

district capital

downtown

dwell

fatherland

field

fort

hail

homeland

homestead

hometown

inhabitants

inner city

land

large town

locality

location

metropolitan area

nation

native land

neighbourhood

path

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Произносится как (IPA)

/taʊn/

Этимология (Английский)

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”).

Предложения

However , the town became a part of Czechoslovakia .

Однако город стал частью Чехословакии.

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

Они кричали утешение и обещания и снова вернулись в город, чтобы получить помощь.

The town was named by a soldier who served under Napoleon Bonaparte .

Город был назван солдатом, который служил при Наполеоне Бонапарте.

The gold mining town Thornborough was named after him .

Золотой горнодобывающий город Торнборо был назван в его честь.

It is closely related to the nearby town of Creston.

Это тесно связано с близлежащим городом Крестон.

Enniskillen is the county town and largest in both size and population .

Эннискиллен является окружным городом и крупнейшим по размеру и населению.

Her dad makes the best chipotle in town !

Ее папа делает лучший чипот в городе!

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

Самая высокая точка в городе - Пик Кройдон, на уровне моря.