Towns - English meaning

Towns – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A built-up area with a name, defined boundaries, and local government, that is larger than a village and generally smaller than a city.
Usage examples:
The hotel is eight miles from the nearest town
Synonims:
Urban area Conurbation Municipality Borough Township Settlement City Metropolis Megalopolis Pueblo Burgh
noun
The central part of a neighbourhood, with its business or shopping area.
Usage examples:
Rachel left to drive back into town
noun
Densely populated areas, especially as contrasted with the country or suburbs.
Usage examples:
The cultural differences between town and country
noun
Another term for township (sense 3 of the noun).

Towns translation into English

Towns: translate from English into Chinese

城市

Towns: translate from English into Dutch

Steden

Towns: translate from English into French

Les villes

Towns: translate from English into German

Städte

Towns: translate from English into Hindi

कस्बों

Towns: translate from English into Italian

Città

Towns: translate from English into Korean

마을

Towns: translate from English into Russian

Города

Towns: translate from English into Spanish

Pueblos

Word origin

Old English tūn ‘enclosed piece of land, homestead, village’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tuin ‘garden’ and German Zaun ‘fence’.

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Towns – similar words

town

taʊn

noun
A built-up area with a name, defined boundaries, and local government, that is larger than a village and generally smaller than a city.
Usage examples:
The hotel is eight miles from the nearest town

noun
A place where there are a lot of houses, stores, and other buildings which is smaller than a city
Usage examples:
[ c ] he was born in the small town of elnora, indiana., [ u ] we stayed at the best hotel in town.…

noun
A place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than a city
Usage examples:
A seaside/coastal town, a fishing/mining/industrial town, he was born in the small town of castlefo…

Town - all meanings in English

Towns synonims

borough

noun
A town or district which is an administrative unit.
Usage examples:
But modern life has moved beyond such administrative units as boroughs and as a result, the need fo…

noun
One of the five divisions of new york city or, in some states, a town or part of a town

Borough - all meanings in English

burgh

noun
A borough or chartered town.
Usage examples:
Towns could be burghs of barony under a feudal superior.

Burgh - all meanings in English

city

noun
A large town.
Usage examples:
One of italy's most beautiful cities

City - all meanings in English

conurbation

noun
An extended urban area, typically consisting of several towns merging with the suburbs of a central city.
Usage examples:
The major conurbations of london and birmingham

noun
A large area including several different cities or large towns that have all grown so much that they are now connected to each other
Usage examples:
The largest urban conurbation in scotland is centred around glasgow.

Conurbation - all meanings in English

megalopolis

noun
A very large, heavily populated city or urban complex.
Usage examples:
A dizzying megalopolis ablaze with neon

noun
An extremely large city or urban (= city) area where a lot of people live
Usage examples:
Today shenzhen is a megalopolis of 13 million people., the landscape will just become one undiffere…

Megalopolis - all meanings in English

metropolis

noun
The capital or chief city of a country or region.
Usage examples:
He preferred the peaceful life of the countryside to the bustle of the metropolis

noun
A large city, esp. the main city of a country or region
Usage examples:
Chicago is a major metropolis.

noun
A very large city, often the most important city in a large area
Usage examples:
Houston, the fourth most populous us city, is a sprawling metropolis., as the world's first great i…

Metropolis - all meanings in English

municipality

noun
A town or district that has local government.
Usage examples:
Voters in each municipality choose between four candidates

noun
A city or town with its own local government, or this local government itself

noun
A city or town that has its own government
Usage examples:
The smoking ban that started in 13 municipalities in new mexico, including santa fe and albuquerque…

Municipality - all meanings in English

pueblo

noun
A north american indian settlement of the south-western us, especially one consisting of multistoreyed adobe houses built by the pueblo people.
Usage examples:
At one end of the plaza, craftsmen from native american pueblos spread out blankets filled with con…

adjective
Relating to or denoting the pueblo or their culture.
Usage examples:
The pueblo people

Pueblo - all meanings in English

settlement

noun
An official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict.
Usage examples:
Unions succeeded in reaching a pay settlement

noun
Payment of money that is owed
Usage examples:
[ u ] we enclose a check in settlement of your claim., [ u ] early settlement developed around a co…

noun
An official agreement or decision that ends an argument, often involving a payment of money
Usage examples:
Negotiate/reach a settlement, the lawyer negotiated an out-of-court settlement of $2 million., in s…

Settlement - all meanings in English

township

noun
(in south africa) a suburb or city of predominantly black occupation, formerly officially designated for black occupation by apartheid legislation.
Usage examples:
A johannesburg township

noun
(in parts of the us and canada) a unit of local government consisting of a town and the area surrounding it

Township - all meanings in English

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