town

Definitions of town

n an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

“they drive through town on their way to work”

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a town in eastern Afghanistan (east of Kabul); Batna
a town in north central Algeria; Djanet
a desert town in southeastern Algeria; Hippo Regius
an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria; Reggane
a town in central Algeria; Timgad
an ancient town founded by the Romans; noted for extensive and well-preserved ruins; Timimoun
a town in central Algeria in the Atlas Mountains; Nogales
a town in northern Mexico on the border of Arizona; Santa Maria del Tule
a town in southeastern Mexico near Oaxaca; site of Ahuehuete, a giant Montezuma cypress; Pilsen
a town in Czech Republic where Pilsner beer originated; Austerlitz
a town in Czech Republic; site of the battle of Austerlitz in 1805; Viborg
a town of Denmark in north central Jutland; Hamelin
a town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper; Hohenlinden
a town in Bavaria (near Munich); Massawa
a port town in Eritrea on an inlet of the Red Sea; Maarianhamina
a town that is the chief port of the Aland islands; Cnossos
an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC; Actium
an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece; Plataea
a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC; Stagirus
an ancient town of Greece where Aristotle was born; Accho
a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean; Nazareth
a historic town in northern Israel that is mentioned in the Gospels as the home of Joseph and Mary; Bethlehem Ephrathah
a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born; Anzio
a town of central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea; the Allies established a beachhead at Anzio in World War II; Tivoli
a town twenty miles to the east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name); a summer resort during the Roman empire; noted for its waterfalls; Agrigento
a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples; Nanaimo
a town in southwestern British Columbia on Vancouver Island to the west of Vancouver; Churchill
a Canadian town in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay; important port for shipping grain; Yellowknife
a town in the Northwest Territories in northern Canada on the Great Slave Lake; Kingston
a town in southeast Ontario on Lake Ontario near the head of the Saint Lawrence River; Sault Sainte Marie
a town of southern Ontario opposite northern Michigan; Dawson
a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike; Wagga Wagga
a town on the Murrumbidgee River in New South Wales; agricultural trading center; Wagram
a town in northeastern Austria; Aalst
a town in central Belgium; Waterloo
a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat; Bath
a town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains; Blackpool
a resort town in Lancashire in northwestern England on the Irish Sea; famous for its tower; Stratford-upon-Avon
a town in central England on the River Avon; birthplace (and burial place) of William Shakespeare; Sunderland
a port and industrial city in northeastern England; Hastings
a town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place; Canterbury
a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church; Naseby
a village in western Northamptonshire; Bangor
a town in southeastern Northern Ireland; Tara
a village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century; Ayr
a port in southwestern Scotland; Aberdare
a mining town in southern Wales; Bangor
a university town in northwestern Wales on the Menai Strait; Nag Hammadi
a town in Upper Egypt; Saqqarah
a town in northern Egypt; site of the oldest Egyptian pyramids; Avignon
a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism; Calais
a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558; Chablis
a town in north central France noted for white Burgundy wines; Chartres
a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral; Cherbourg
a port town in northwestern France on the English Channel; site of a naval base; Dunkerque
a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II; Valenciennes
a town in northeastern France long noted for its lace industry; Vichy
a town in central France (south of Paris) noted for hot mineral springs; was capital of the unoccupied part of France during World War II; Vienne
a town in south central France where is 1311-1313 the Roman Catholic Church held one of its councils; Thule
a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there; Monte Carlo
a town and popular resort in the principality of Monaco; famous for its gambling casino; El Aaium
a town in Morocco near the Atlantic coast; Cusco
a town in the Andes in southern Peru; formerly the capital of the Inca empire; Dhahran
an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and wounding more than 300 people; Lubavitch
a town in Belarus that was the center of the Chabad movement for a brief period during the 19th century; Interlaken
a popular resort town in the Alps in west central Switzerland; Abydos
an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander; Antakiya
a town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity; Chalcedon
a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon; Entebbe
a town in southern Uganda on Lake Victoria; site of an international airport (where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by Palestinian hijackers); Decatur
a town in northern Alabama on the Tennessee River; Gadsden
an industrial town in north central Alabama; Selma
a town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters; Tuscaloosa
a university town in west central Alabama; Tuskegee
a town in eastern Alabama; Nome
a town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century; Sitka
a town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906; Skagway
a town in southeastern Alaska at the northern end of the Inside Passage; a gateway to the Klondike during the Alaskan gold rush; Flagstaff
a town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatory; Nogales
a town in Arizona on the Mexican border opposite Nogales, Mexico; Prescott
a town in central Arizona; Yuma
a town in southwestern Arizona on the Colorado River and the California border; Fayetteville
a university town in northwestern Arkansas in the Ozarks; Fort Smith
a town in western Arkansas on the Arkansas River at the Oklahoma border; Hot Springs
a town in west central Arkansas; a health resort noted for thermal springs; Jonesboro
a town in northeast Arkansas; Pine Bluff
a town in southeast central Arkansas on the Arkansas River; Texarkana
a town in southwest Arkansas on the Texas border adjacent to Texarkana, Texas; Barstow
a town in southeastern California; Eureka
a town in northwest California on an arm of the Pacific Ocean; Monterey
a town in western California to the south of San Francisco on a peninsula at the southern end of Monterey Bay; Palo Alto
a university town in California; Redding
a town in north central California on the Sacramento River; San Mateo
a town in California to the south of San Francisco; San Pablo
a town in western California to the north of Oakland on an arm of San Francisco Bay; Santa Barbara
a town in southwestern California on the Pacific Ocean; Santa Cruz
a town in western California on Monterey Bay; a tourist center; Boulder
a town in north central Colorado; Rocky Mountains resort center and university town; Farmington
a residential town in central Connecticut; New London
a town in southeastern Connecticut near Long Island Sound; an important whaling center in the 19th century; Daytona Beach
a resort town in northeast Florida on the Atlantic coast; hard white beaches have been used for automobile speed trials; Fort Myers
a town in southwest Florida; Gainesville
a university town in north central Florida; Key West
a town on the westernmost of the Florida keys in the Gulf of Mexico; Melbourne
a resort town in east central Florida; Palm Beach
a resort town in southeast Florida on an island on the Atlantic coast; Panama City
a resort and fishing town on the Gulf of Mexico in northwest Florida; Pensacola
a town in extreme northwest Florida; Sarasota
a town in west central Florida on the Gulf of Mexico; West Palm Beach
a town in southeast Florida on the mainland opposite Palm Beach; founded as a commercial center for Palm Beach; Albany
a town in southwest Georgia; processing center for peanuts and pecans; Athens
a university town in northeast Georgia; Brunswick
a town in southeast Georgia near the Atlantic coast; a port of entry; Oxford
a university town in northern Mississippi; home of William Faulkner; Valdosta
a town in southern Georgia near the Florida border; Vidalia
a town in central Georgia; the origin of Vidalia onions; Hilo
a town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii; Coeur d'Alene
a town in the northern panhandle of Idaho; popular resort area; Idaho Falls
a town in southeastern Idaho on the Snake River; Lewiston
a town in northwestern Idaho; Nampa
a town in southwestern Idaho; Pocatello
a university town in southeastern Idaho; Sun Valley
a winter sports resort in south central Idaho; Twin Falls
a town on the Snake River in south central Idaho near the Twin Falls; Cairo
a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers; Carbondale
a town in southern Illinois; Champaign
a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana; East Saint Louis
a town in southwest Illinois on the Mississippi across from Saint Louis; Moline
a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River; Rock Island
a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River; site of a Union prison during the American Civil War; Urbana
a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign; Bloomington
a university town in south central Indiana; Lafayette
a university town in west central Indiana on the Wabash River; Muncie
a town in east central Indiana; Council Bluffs
a town in southwest Iowa on the Missouri River across from Omaha; Clinton
a town in east central Iowa; Dubuque
a town in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River; Mason City
a town in north central Iowa; Ottumwa
a town in southeast Iowa; Dodge City
a town of southwestern Kansas on the Arkansas River; formerly a rowdy cow town; Abilene
a town in central Kansas to the west of Topeka; home of Dwight D. Eisenhower; Hays
a town in central Kansas; Lawrence
a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856; Salina
a town in central Kansas; Bowling Green
a town in southern Kentucky; Owensboro
a town in northwestern Kentucky on the Ohio River; a tobacco market; Paducah
a town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River; Alexandria
a town in Louisiana on the Red River; Lafayette
a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians; Monroe
a town in north central Louisiana; Morgan City
a town in southeast Louisiana to the south of Baton Rouge; Bangor
a town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River; Brunswick
a university town in southwestern Maine; Lewiston
a town in southwestern Maine to the north of Portland; Orono
a university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River to the north of Bangor; Aberdeen
a town in northeastern Maryland; Frederick
a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore; Hagerstown
a town in northern Maryland; Concord
town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought; Gloucester
a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries; Lexington
town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought; Medford
town in northeastern Massachusetts; residential suburb of Boston; Pittsfield
a town in western Massachusetts; Plymouth
a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620; Williamstown
a town in northwestern Massachusetts; Alpena
a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron; Houghton
a town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula; Jackson
a town in south central Michigan; Kalamazoo
a town in southwest Michigan; Marquette
a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan; Monroe
a town of southeast Michigan on Lake Erie; Saginaw
a town in east central Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron; Traverse City
a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Michigan; Bemidji
a town in northern Minnesota; Hibbing
a town in northeastern Minnesota in the Mesabi Range; Mankato
a town in southern Minnesota; Rochester
a town in southeast Minnesota; Saint Cloud
a town in central Minnesota on the Mississippi River; granite quarries; Virginia
a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range; Biloxi
an old town in southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico; Columbus
a town in eastern Mississippi near the border with Alabama; Greenville
a town in western Mississippi on the Mississippi River to the north of Vicksburg; Hattiesburg
a town in southeast Mississippi; Meridian
a town in eastern Mississippi; Natchez
a town in southwest Mississippi on the Mississippi River; Tupelo
a town in northeast Mississippi; Vicksburg
a town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson; focus of an important campaign during the American Civil War as the Union fought to control the Mississippi River and so to cut the Confederacy into two halves; Cape Girardeau
a town in southeast Missouri; Columbia
a university town in central Missouri; Hannibal
a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain; Poplar Bluff
a town in southeast Missouri; Saint Joseph
a town in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River; in the 19th century it became the eastern terminus of the pony express; Sedalia
a town in east central Missouri; Bozeman
a town in southwestern Montana; gateway to Yellowstone National Park; Butte
a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper; Great Falls
a town in central Montana on the Missouri river; a center of extensive hydroelectric power; Missoula
a university town in western Montana; Grand Island
a town in south central Nebraska; North Platte
a town in west central Nebraska on the Platte River; Portsmouth
a port town in southeastern New Hampshire on the Atlantic Ocean; Morristown
a town in northern New Jersey where the Continental Army spent two winters; New Brunswick
a university town in central New Jersey; Princeton
a university town in central New Jersey; Carlsbad
a town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border; potash deposits; Farmington
a town in northwestern New Mexico; Gallup
a town in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border; Las Cruces
a town in southern New Mexico on the Rio Grande; Los Alamos
a town in north central New Mexico; in 1942 it was chosen as a nuclear research site where the first atomic bombs were produced; Roswell
a town in southeast New Mexico; Silver City
a town in southwestern New Mexico; Taos
an artist colony in northern New Mexico; Cooperstown
a small town in east central New York; site of the National Baseball Hall of Fame; Ithaca
a college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga; Elmont
a town on Long Island in New York; site of Belmont Park; Kingston
a town on the Hudson River in New York; Newburgh
a town on the Hudson River in New York; in 1782 and 1783 it was George Washington's headquarters; Saratoga Springs
a town in eastern New York State famed for its spa and its horse racing; Watertown
a town in northern New York; Asheville
a town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte; Chapel Hill
a town in central North Carolina; site of the University of North Carolina; Fayetteville
a town in south central North Carolina; Goldsboro
a town that is a major tobacco center in eastern North Carolina; Wilmington
a town in southeastern North Carolina on the Cape Fear River; Athens
a town in southeast Ohio; Mansfield
a town in north central Ohio; Bartlesville
a town in northeastern Oklahoma; Enid
a town in north central Oklahoma; Lawton
a town in southwest Oklahoma; McAlester
a town in southeastern Oklahoma; Muskogee
a town in eastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas River; Bend
a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range; Klamath Falls
a town in southern Oregon near the California border; Medford
a town in southwestern Oregon; a summer resort; Altoona
a town in central Pennsylvania; Bethlehem
a town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production; Gettysburg
a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery; Hershey
an industrial town to the east of Harrisburg; Florence
a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center; Greenville
a town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont; Aberdeen
a town in northeastern South Dakota; Rapid City
a town in southwestern South Dakota in the eastern part of the Black Hills; Columbia
a town in west central Tennessee; Jackson
a town in western Tennessee; Johnson City
a town in northeastern Tennessee; Bryan
a town of east central Texas; Del Rio
a town in southwest Texas on the Rio Grande to the west of San Antonio; Galveston
a town in southeast Texas on Galveston Island; Lufkin
a town in eastern Texas; McAllen
a town in southern Texas on the Rio Grande; Midland
a town in west central Texas; Paris
a town in northeastern Texas; San Angelo
a town in west central Texas; formerly a notorious frontier town; Sherman
a town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border; Texarkana
a town in northeast Texas adjacent to Texarkana, Arkansas; Tyler
a town in northeast Texas; Victoria
a town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio; Ogden
a town in northern Utah settled by Mormons; Bennington
a town in southwestern Vermont; Brattleboro
a town in southeastern Vermont on the Connecticut River; Rutland
a town in central Vermont; Blacksburg
a university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mountains; Fredericksburg
a town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River; Petersburg
a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War; Aberdeen
a town in western Washington; Bellingham
a town in northwestern Washington on a bay near the Canadian border; Kennewick
a town in southern Washington on the Columbia River; Vancouver
a town in southwestern Washington on the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon; Walla Walla
a town in southeastern Washington near the Oregon border; Yakima
a town in south central Washington; Fayetteville
a town in central West Virginia on the New River; Harper's Ferry
a small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there; Appleton
a town in eastern Wisconsin; Eau Claire
a town in west central Wisconsin; La Crosse
a town in western Wisconsin on the Mississippi River; Superior
a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth; Watertown
a town in southeastern Wisconsin; Wausau
a town in north central Wisconsin; Jackson
a town in western Wyoming; Lander
a town in central Wyoming; Laramie
a university town in southeast Wyoming; Rock Springs
a town of southwest Wyoming near the Utah border

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; burg
colloquial American term for a town; boom town
a town enjoying sudden prosperity; cow town, cowtown
a small town in a cattle-raising area of western North America; ghost town
a deserted settlement (especially in western United States); hometown
the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; Main Street
any small town (or the people who inhabit it); generally used to represent parochialism and materialism (after a novel by Sinclair Lewis); market town
a (usually small) town where a public market is held at stated times

Type of:: municipality
an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government

n an administrative division of a county

“the town is responsible for snow removal”

Synonyms:: township

Type of:: administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
a district defined for administrative purposes

n the people living in a municipality smaller than a city

“the whole town cheered the team”

Synonyms:: townsfolk, townspeople

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; borough
an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament; burgh
a borough in Scotland; pocket borough
a sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family; rotten borough
an English parliamentary constituency with few electors

Type of:: municipality
people living in a town or city having local self-government

n an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

n an administrative division of a county

n the people living in a municipality smaller than a city

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n an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

n an administrative division of a county

n the people living in a municipality smaller than a city

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