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town [towns] (settlement) noun [UK: taʊn] [US: ˈtaʊn] | aldeianoun arraialnoun povoadonoun vilanoun |
town hall (a building that houses the local government offices of a town) noun [UK: taʊn hɔːl] [US: ˈtaʊn ˈhɒl] | câmara municipalnoun prefeituranoun |
town square (an open area in a town) noun | praçanoun |
town twinning (pairing of towns or cities) noun [UK: taʊn ˈtwɪn.ɪŋ] [US: ˈtaʊn ˈtwɪn.ɪŋ] | geminaçãonoun |
township [townships] (area set aside for nonwhite occupation in South Africa) noun [UK: ˈtaʊn.ʃɪp] [US: ˈtaʊn.ˌʃɪp] | townshipnoun |
township [townships] (territory of a town) noun [UK: ˈtaʊn.ʃɪp] [US: ˈtaʊn.ˌʃɪp] | municipalidadenoun |
townspeople [townspeople] (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city) noun [UK: ˈtaʊnz.piːp.l̩] [US: ˈtaʊnz.ˌpip.l̩] | cidadãosnoun |
Bridgetown (capital of Barbados) proper noun [UK: ˈbrɪʤ.ˌtɑːwn] [US: ˈbrɪʤ.ˌtɑːwn] | Bridgetownproper noun |
Cape Town (legislative capital of South Africa) proper noun [UK: keɪp taʊn] [US: ˈkeɪp ˈtaʊn] | Cidade do Caboproper noun |
Chinatown (a Chinese district outside China) noun [UK: ˈtʃaɪ.nə.ˌtɑːwn] [US: ˈtʃaɪ.nə.ˌtɑːwn] | Chinatownnoun |
college town (town or city dominated by its university population) noun | |
downtown [downtowns] (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) noun [UK: ˈdaʊn.taʊn] [US: ˈdaʊn.taʊn] | baixanoun centronoun |
downtown (in, or towards the central business district) adverb [UK: ˈdaʊn.taʊn] [US: ˈdaʊn.taʊn] | centroadverb |
Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone) proper noun [UK: ˈfriː.ˌtɑːwn] [US: ˈfriː.ˌtɑːwn] | Freetownproper noun |
Georgetown (capital of Guyana) proper noun [UK: ˈdʒɔːʤ.ˌtɑːwn] [US: ˈdʒɔːrʤ.ˌtɑːwn] | Georgetownproper noun |
ghost town (town which has become deserted) noun [UK: ɡəʊst taʊn] [US: ɡoʊst ˈtaʊn] | cidade fantasmanoun |
hometown [hometowns] (place of birth or residence) noun [UK: ˈhomˌtɑːwn] [US: ˈhomˌtɑːwn] | cidade natalnoun |
Kingstown (capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) proper noun [UK: ˈkɪŋzˌtaʊn] [US: ˈkɪŋzˌtaʊn] | Kingstownproper noun |
satellite town (self-contained town near a metropolis) noun [UK: ˈsæ.tə.laɪt.taʊ.nʌ] [US: ˈsæ.tə.laɪt.taʊ.nʌ] | cidade satélitenoun |
shantytown [shantytowns] (area containing a collection of shacks and shanties) noun [UK: ˈʃæn.tɪ.taʊn] [US: ˈʃæn.ti.ˌtɑːwn] | bairro de latanoun favelanoun mussequenoun |