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town [towns] (settlement) noun [UK: taʊn] [US: ˈtaʊn] | (Bokmål) bynoun (Nynorsk) bynoun |
town centre (main commercial or business area of a town) noun [UK: taʊn ˈsen.tə(r)] [US: ˈtaʊn ˈsen.tər] | (Bokmål) bysentrumnoun (Nynorsk) bysentrumnoun |
town hall (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) noun [UK: taʊn hɔːl] [US: ˈtaʊn ˈhɒl] | rådhusnoun |
town walls (wall surrounding a town) noun | bymurnoun |
townsman [townsmen] (male resident of a town) noun [UK: ˈtaʊnz.mən] [US: ˈtaʊnz.mən] | (Bokmål) bymannnoun |
college town (town or city dominated by its university population) noun | universitetsbynoun |
ghost town (town which has become deserted) noun [UK: ɡəʊst taʊn] [US: ɡoʊst ˈtaʊn] | (Bokmål) spøkelsesbynoun (Nynorsk) spøkelsesbynoun |
old town (older historical part of a town or city) noun [UK: əʊld taʊn] [US: oʊld ˈtaʊn] | (Bokmål) gamlebynoun (Nynorsk) gamlebynoun |
paint the town red (party in a rowdy, wild manner) verb [UK: peɪnt ðə taʊn red] [US: ˈpeɪnt ðə ˈtaʊn ˈred] | |
satellite town (self-contained town near a metropolis) noun [UK: ˈsæ.tə.laɪt.taʊ.nʌ] [US: ˈsæ.tə.laɪt.taʊ.nʌ] | (Bokmål) drabantbynoun (Nynorsk) drabantbynoun |