Town Defined

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1. large area of buildings: a densely populated area with many buildings, larger than a village and smaller than a city
2. urban area: a large urban area, either a town, a city, or a borough
3. POLITICS unit of local government: in certain parts of the United States, a unit of local government that is smaller than a county or city
4. local town: the nearest large town or city, or the town or city in which somebody lives
moving into town
5. center of settled area: the center of a town or city
6. population of settled area: the people who live in a town
The whole town’s talking about it.
7. nonacademic population: the permanent residents of a town that has a university, as opposed to the staff and students of the university
town and gown
8. ZOOLOGY prairie dog burrows: a group of prairie dog burrows
Old English tūn “yard, buildings within an enclosure.” The term came to mean “cluster of dwellings” and, by the 12th century, its main present meaning was in use.