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town meaning in Portuguese

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town [towns] (settlement)
noun
[UK: taʊn]
[US: ˈtaʊn]

aldeianoun
{f}

arraialnoun
{m}

povoadonoun
{m}

vilanoun
{f}

town hall (a building that houses the local government offices of a town)
noun
[UK: taʊn hɔːl]
[US: ˈtaʊn ˈhɒl]

câmara municipalnoun
{f}

prefeituranoun
{f}

town square (an open area in a town)
noun

praçanoun
{f}

town twinning (pairing of towns or cities)
noun
[UK: taʊn ˈtwɪn.ɪŋ]
[US: ˈtaʊn ˈtwɪn.ɪŋ]

geminaçãonoun
{f}

township [townships] (area set aside for nonwhite occupation in South Africa)
noun
[UK: ˈtaʊn.ʃɪp]
[US: ˈtaʊn.ˌʃɪp]

townshipnoun
{f}

township [townships] (territory of a town)
noun
[UK: ˈtaʊn.ʃɪp]
[US: ˈtaʊn.ˌʃɪp]

municipalidadenoun
{f}

townspeople [townspeople] (the population or inhabitants of a village, town or city)
noun
[UK: ˈtaʊnz.piːp.l̩]
[US: ˈtaʊnz.ˌpip.l̩]

cidadãosnoun
{m-Pl}

Bridgetown (capital of Barbados)
proper noun
[UK: ˈbrɪʤ.ˌtɑːwn]
[US: ˈbrɪʤ.ˌtɑːwn]

Bridgetownproper noun
{f}

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
{f}

college town (town or city dominated by its university population)
noun

cidade universitárianoun

downtown [downtowns] (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town)
noun
[UK: ˈdaʊn.taʊn]
[US: ˈdaʊn.taʊn]

baixanoun
{f}

centronoun

downtown (in, or towards the central business district)
adverb
[UK: ˈdaʊn.taʊn]
[US: ˈdaʊn.taʊn]

centroadverb
{m}

Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone)
proper noun
[UK: ˈfriː.ˌtɑːwn]
[US: ˈfriː.ˌtɑːwn]

Freetownproper noun
{f}

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
{f}

hometown [hometowns] (place of birth or residence)
noun
[UK: ˈhomˌtɑːwn]
[US: ˈhomˌtɑːwn]

cidade natalnoun
{f}

Kingstown (capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
proper noun
[UK: ˈkɪŋzˌtaʊn]
[US: ˈkɪŋzˌtaʊn]

Kingstownproper noun
{f}

satellite town (self-contained town near a metropolis)
noun
[UK: ˈsæ.tə.laɪt.taʊ.nʌ]
[US: ˈsæ.tə.laɪt.taʊ.nʌ]

cidade satélitenoun
{f}

shantytown [shantytowns] (area containing a collection of shacks and shanties)
noun
[UK: ˈʃæn.tɪ.taʊn]
[US: ˈʃæn.ti.ˌtɑːwn]

bairro de latanoun
{m}

favelanoun
{f}

mussequenoun
{m}