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town

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Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q3957}}A [[settlement]]; an area with [[residential]] [[district]]s, [[shop]]s and amenities, and its own local [[government]]; especially one larger than a [[village]] and smaller than a [[city]], historically enclosed by a [[fence]] or [[wall]]s, with total [[population]]s ranging from several hundred to more than a [[hundred thousand]] (as of the early 21st century)
  2. Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
  3. {{lb|en|UK|historical}} A rural settlement in which a [[market]] was held at least once a week.
  4. The [[resident]]s (as opposed to {{m|en|gown}}: the [[student]]s, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a [[university]].
  5. {{lb|en|colloquial|used without an article}} {{non-gloss|Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion}}.
  6. A [[major]] [[city]], especially one where the speaker is located.
  7. {{lb|en|zoology}} An interconnected maze of tunnels in which [[prairie dog]]s live.
  8. {{lb|en|informal|real estate}} A [[townhouse#Noun|townhouse]].
  9. {{lb|en|legal}} A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
  10. {{lb|en|obsolete}} An [[enclosure]] which surrounded the mere [[homestead]] or [[dwelling]] of the [[lord]] of the [[manor]]; by extension, the whole of the land which constituted the [[domain]].
  11. {{lb|en|UK|Scotland|dialect|obsolete}} A [[farm]] or [[farmstead]]; also, a [[court]] or [[farmyard]].

Proper noun

  1. {{surname|en}}.
  2. {{place|en|wcomm|and ward in|cobor/Merthyr Tydfil|cc/Wales}}, in Merthyr Tydfil town centre. <ref>[https://maps.walkingclub.org.uk/admin/merthyr-tydfil/town-parish.html Community map]</ref>
  3. {{lb|en|England|traditional|in phrases such as 'in Town' or 'to Town'|also without capital}} London, especially central London.
  4. {{lb|en|Philippines|southern Metro Manila|colloquial}} {{place|en|@ellipsis of:w:Alabang Town Center|mall|barangay/Alabang|city/Muntinlupa|r/Metro Manila|c/Philippines}}.

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