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Etymology
From OE. tun|tūn. Cognate with Dutch tuin �garden�, German Zaun, Danish and Swedish tun �fence�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ta�n/, SAMPA|/taUn/
audio|en-us-town.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a�n|-a�n

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. a settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government.

Synonyms
village
city

Usage notes
rfc-level|Usage notes at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Synonyms)
An urban city is typically larger than a rural town, which in turn is typically larger than a village. In rural areas, a town is considered urban. In urban areas, a town is considered suburban; a village in the suburbs.

Related terms
townland
townlet
township
hometown

Idioms
Go to town

Translations
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Arabic: ARchar|�د��ة (madína) f, ARchar|�ر�ة|��ر���ة� (qárya) f
Bosnian: grad#Bosnian|grad m, varoš
Breton: kêr f, kêrioù p, kumun f, kumunioù p
Chinese: � (chéng)
Chuvash: ��ла (khula)
Croatian: grad#Croatian|grad (grâd) m
Czech: m�sto n
Dutch: gemeente f, stad f, nederzetting f
Finnish: kunta, kaupunki
French: commune f, ville f
German: Gemeinde f, Stadt f
Greek: κ�μ��ολη (komópoli) f, �ολί�νη f, κ�μη f
Hungarian: város
Italian: città f
Japanese: �, �, �� (machi)
Korean: � (eup)
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Latin: oppidum n
Malay: bandar
Maltese: raħal
Portuguese: vila f, aldeia f, povoado m, arraial m
Romanian: ora� n, ora�e p
Russian: го�од (górod) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: г�ад#Serbian|г�ад m, ва�о�
:Roman: grad m, varoš
Slovene: mesto n
Spanish: ciudad f
Swedish: stad c, tätort c
Telugu: ప���ణమ� (paTTaNamu), ప��నమ� (paTnamu)
Turkish: ilçe, kasaba
Vietnamese: t�nh
Welsh: tref f
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trans-top|adjective
Italian: comunale
trans-mid
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See also
urban
suburban
rural

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