downtown

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From down +‎ town

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: down‧town
• Rhymes: -aʊn

Adjective

downtown (comparative more downtown, superlative most downtown)

1. of, relating to, or situated in the downtown area

   John walked everyday to his downtown job.

See also

• uptown

Adverb

downtown (comparative more downtown, superlative most downtown)

1. in, or towards the downtown area; southward

   You need to go downtown four blocks.

2. (basketball) Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.

   That shot came from way downtown!

Noun

downtown (plural downtowns)

1. (chiefly US) either the lower, or the business center of a city or town

Translations

either the lower, or the business center of a city or town

• Bulgarian: център на града (bg) (céntǎr na gráda) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 市中心 (cmn) (shìzhōngxīn), 中央商業區 (cmn), 中央商业区 (cmn) (zhōngyāng shāngyèqū)

• Dutch: binnenstad (nl) m
• Esperanto: urbocentro (eo), urbomezo (eo)
• Finnish: keskusta (fi)
• French: centre-ville (fr) m, quartier d'affaires (fr) m
• Galician: centro (gl) m
• German: Stadtmitte (de) f, Innenstadt (de) f, Stadtzentrum (de) n
• Greek: αγορά (el) (agorá) f, κέντρο (el) (kéntro) n
• Hungarian: belváros (hu)
• Icelandic: miðborg (is) f, miðbær (is) m
• Italian: centro (it) m

• Japanese: ダウンタウン (ja) (dauntaun), 町 (ja) (まち, machi), 中心部 (ja) (ちゅうしんぶ, chūshinbu), 中心業務地区 (ja) (ちゅうしんぎょうむちく, chūshin gyōmu chiku)
• Korean: 시내 (ko) (sinae), 도심 (ko) (dosim)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ناوشار

• Latin: media urbs (la) f
• Portuguese: centro (pt), baixa (pt) f
• Romanian: centru (ro) n (comercial) de oraș
• Russian: центр (ru) (centr) m, центр города (ru) (centr góroda) m, деловая часть города (ru) (delovája častʹ góroda) f, сити (ru) (síti) m (indeclinable)
• Spanish: centro (es) m
• Swedish: innerstad (sv), centrum (sv), city (sv)
• Turkish: şehir merkezi (tr)

(basketball) outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket

Synonyms

• CBD, central business district, city (Australia)

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Etymology

English

Noun

downtown m (invariable)

1. downtown (financial district)

Synonyms

• city