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town

noun
/ˈtaʊ̯n/US/ˈtæʊ̯n/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós? Proto-Celtic *dūnombor. Proto-Germanic *tūną Proto-West Germanic *tūn Old English tūn Middle English toun English town Inherited from Middle English toun, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós (“lasting, durable”), from *dewh₂- (“to last”) + *-nós. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tuun (“garden”), West Frisian tún (“enclosure, garden”), Dutch tuin (“garden”), German Low German Tuun (“fence”), German Zaun (“fence”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tun (“yard”); also archaic Welsh din (“hill”), Irish dún (“fortress”). Doublet of dun. See also -ton and tine (“to enclose”).

  1. derived from dún — “fortress”
  2. derived from din — “hill”
  3. derived from Zaun — “fence”
  4. derived from tuin — “garden”
  5. derived from tún — “enclosure, garden”
  6. derived from Tuun — “garden”
  7. derived from *duh₂-nós✻ — “lasting, durable”
  8. derived from *dūnom✻ — “stronghold, rampart”
  9. derived from *tūną✻
  10. derived from *tūn✻
  11. derived from tūn
  12. derived from *tūną Proto-West Germanic *tūn Old English tūn Middle English toun English town Inherited from Middle English toun✻
  13. derived from *dewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós? Proto-Celtic *dūnombor✻

Definitions

  1. A settlement

    A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)

    • This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns.
    • Walls separated town and country through much of the early modern period. Walls not only protected towns, they also helped give them a sense of autonomy and identity.

  2. Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.

    • I'll be in Yonkers, then I'm driving into town to see the Knicks at the Garden tonight.

  3. A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.

  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. The residents (as opposed to gown

      The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.

    2. Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.

      • Call me when you get to town.
      • They put up "lost dog" posters all over town.
      • My apartment is five minutes from the center of town.

    3. A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.

      • There's always a business theme, even underlying happy hours. You're never off the clock in this town.

    4. A townhouse.

      • Detached houses always sell faster than towns or semis.

    5. A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of…

      A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.

    6. An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor

      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.

    7. A farm or farmstead

      A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

    8. A surname.

    9. A community and ward in Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Wales, in Merthyr Tydfil…

      A community and ward in Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Wales, in Merthyr Tydfil town centre.

    10. London, especially central London.

    11. Ellipsis of Alabang Town Center (a mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa, Philippines).

The neighborhood

Derived

English terms starting with, agrotown, assize town, bad part of town, bedroom town, big end of town, blow town, book town, boom town, boomtown, B-town, bytown, Campbell Town, cathedral town, churchtown, clone town, closed town, coal town, college town, come upon the town, commuter town, company town, county town, cowtown, cow town, cross town, cross-town, crosstown, cybertown, darktown, dog town, dormitory town, down-town, downtown, ecotown, Elizabeth Town, Flo-Town, fortified town, garrison town, gentleman about town · +156 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for town. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA