town
noun
[ taʊn ]
• a built-up area with a name, defined boundaries, and local government, that is larger than a village and generally smaller than a city.
• "the hotel is eight miles from the nearest town"
Similar:
urban area,
conurbation,
municipality,
borough,
township,
settlement,
city,
metropolis,
megalopolis,
pueblo,
burgh,
• the central part of a neighbourhood, with its business or shopping area.
• "Rachel left to drive back into town"
• densely populated areas, especially as contrasted with the country or suburbs.
• "the cultural differences between town and country"
• another term for township (sense 3 of the noun).
Origin:
Old English tūn ‘enclosed piece of land, homestead, village’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tuin ‘garden’ and German Zaun ‘fence’.
