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English

Etymology

From tun|tūn. Cognate with Dutch tuin ‘garden’, German Zaun, Danish and Swedish tun ‘fence’.

Pronunciation

IPA: /taʊ̯n/,
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-town.ogg
: Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aʊn|-aʊn

Noun

a settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government.

Synonyms

village
city

Usage notes

An urban city is typically larger than a rural town, which in turn is typically larger than a village. In rural areas, a town is considered urban. In urban areas, a town is considered suburban; a village in the suburbs.

Related terms

Idioms

go to town

Translations

Albanian: {{t-|sq|qytet|xs=Albanian}}
Arabic: (madīna) , {{Arab|قرية|قَرْيَةٌ}} (qárya)
Basque: herri
Bosnian: {{t-|bs|grad|m}},
Breton: kêr , kêrioù , kumun , kumunioù
Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|град|m|tr=grad|sc=Cyrl}}
CJKV Characters: 堡; 城; 街, 町
Catalan: ciutat
Chechen: {{tø|ce|юрт|tr=jurt|sc=Cyrl|xs=Chechen}}
Chinese: 城 (chéng)
Chuvash: хула (khula)
Croatian: {{t+|hr|grad|m|tr=grâd}}
Czech: {{t+|cs|město|n}}
Danish:
Dutch: {{t+|nl|gemeente|f}}, {{t+|nl|stad|f}}, {{t-|nl|nederzetting|f}}
Esperanto: {{t+|eo|urbo|xs=Esperanto}}
Estonian:
Finnish: ,
French: {{t+|fr|commune|f}}, {{t+|fr|ville|f}}
Georgian: ქალაქი (k‘alak‘i)
German: {{t+|de|Gemeinde|f}}, {{t+|de|Stadt|f}}
Greek: {{t+|el|κωμόπολη|f|tr=komópoli|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|πολίχνη|f|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|κώμη|f|sc=Grek}}
Hebrew: {{t+|he|עיר|sc=Hebr}}
Hindi: नगर (nagar)
Hungarian:
Irish: {{t-|ga|baile|m|xs=Irish}}
Italian: {{t+|it|città|f}}

Japanese: {{t+|ja|街|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|町|sc=Jpan}}, {{t-|ja|まち|tr=machi|sc=Jpan}}
Khmer: (dtī grong), (psā)
Korean: 읍 (eup)
Latin: {{t-|la|oppidum|n}}
Malay: {{t-|ms|bandar|xs=Malay}}
Maltese: {{t-|mt|raħal|xs=Maltese}}
Norwegian:
Persian:
Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vila|f}}, {{t+|pt|aldeia|f}}, {{t+|pt|povoado|m}}, {{t+|pt|arraial|m}}
Romanian: oraş , oraşe
Russian: {{t+|ru|город|m|tr=górod|sc=Cyrl}}
Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|नगर|n|tr=nágara|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}
Scottish Gaelic: baile#Scottish Gaelic|baile
Serbian:
: Cyrillic: град#Serbian|град , варош
: Roman: grad , varoš
Slovak: mesto#Slova|mesto
Slovene: {{t+|sl|mesto|n}}
Spanish: {{t+|es|ciudad|f}}, {{t+|es|pueblo|m}}
Swahili: mji
Swedish: {{t+|sv|stad|c}}, {{t+|sv|tätort|c}}
Telugu: పట్టణము (paTTaNamu), పట్నము (paTnamu)
Thai: (meuang), (paaraa), (nákon)
Turkish: ,
Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|tỉnh|xs=Vietnamese}}
Welsh: {{t-|cy|tref|f|xs=Welsh}}
Yiddish: שטעטל (shtetl)

Italian:

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Town \Town\ (toun), n. [OE. toun, tun, AS. tun inclosure, fence,
village, town; akin to D. tuin a garden, G. zaun a hadge,
fence, OHG. zun, Icel. tun an inclosure, homestead, house,
Ir. & Gael. dun a fortress, W. din. Cf. Down, adv. & prep.,
Dune, tine to inclose.]
1. Formerly:
(a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or
dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.]
(b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
[Obs.]
(c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
[Obs.] --Palsgrave.
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2. Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a
regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a
bishop. [Eng.] --Johnson.
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3. Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not
incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely
populated place, whether incorporated or not, in
distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
--Cowper.
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4. The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town
voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the
town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
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5. A township; the whole territory within certain limits,
less than those of a country. [U. S.]
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6. The court end of London; -- commonly with the.
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7. The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the
gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
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Always hankering after the diversions of the town.
--Addison.
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Stunned with his giddy larum half the town. --Pope.
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Note: The same form of expressions is used in regard to other
populous towns.
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8. A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.]
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Note: Town is often used adjectively or in combination with
other words; as, town clerk, or town-clerk; town-crier,
or town crier; townhall, town-hall, or town hall;
townhouse, town house, or town-house.
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Syn: Village; hamlet. See Village.
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Town clerk, an office who keeps the records of a town, and
enters its official proceedings. See Clerk.

Town cress (Bot.), the garden cress, or peppergrass. --Dr.
Prior.

Town house.
(a) A house in town, in distinction from a house in the
country.
(b) See Townhouse.

Town meeting, a legal meeting of the inhabitants of a town
entitled to vote, for the transaction of public bisiness.
[U. S.]

Town talk, the common talk of a place; the subject or topic
of common conversation.
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WordNet town
n 1: an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a
city; "they drive through town on their way to work"
2: an administrative division of a county; "the town is
responsible for snow removal" [syn: township]
3: the people living in a municipality smaller than a city;
"the whole town cheered the team" [syn: townspeople, townsfolk]

Moby Dictionary
Kreis , archbishopric , archdiocese , arrondissement , bailiwick ,
bishopric , borough , burgh , burghal , canton , citified , city , civic ,
commune , community , congressional district , constablewick , county ,
departement , diocese , district , downtown , duchy ,
electoral district , electorate , government , hamlet , hundred ,
interurban , magistracy , metropolis , metropolitan ,
metropolitan area , midtown , municipal , municipality , oblast , okrug ,
oppidan , parish , precinct , principality , province , region , riding ,
sheriffalty , sheriffwick , shire , shrievalty , soke , stake , state ,
suburban , territory , township , uptown , urban , village , wapentake ,
ward

TOWN. This word is used differently in different parts of the United States. In Pennsylvania and some other of the middle states, it signifies a village or a city. In some of the northeastern states it denotes a subdivision of a county, called in other places a township.