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Towns
/taʊnz/
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.
📖 Definitions of "Towns"
- 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.
"This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns."
- 2
Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.
"I'll be in Yonkers, then I'm driving into town to see the Knicks at the Garden tonight."
- 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.
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