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      town
      noun
      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.
      The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
      A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
      (colloquial, used without an article) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
      (informal, real estate) A townhouse.
      (law) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
      A community and ward in Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Wales, in Merthyr Tydfil town centre.
      (England, traditional, in phrases such as 'in Town' or 'to Town', also without capital) London, especially central London.
      A surname.
      (Philippines, southern Metro Manila, colloquial) Ellipsis of Alabang Town Center (a mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa, Philippines).
      (UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
      (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.
      (UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
      Synonyms for town
      townshipnoppidancitynvillagenmunicipalitynboroughndowntownndistrictnmidtownadjhamletnmunicipaladj
      Words related to town
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