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[edit] Etymology
Middle English, from Old English tūn 'enclosure, village', from Proto-Germanic *tūnan 'fence' (compare Dutch tuin ‘garden’, German Zaun, Danish/Swedish tun), from Gaulish dunon 'hill; hillfort' (compare Welsh din (“hill”), Irish dún (“fortress”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dheuh₂, *dhuh₂ 'to finish, come full circle' (compare Hittite tuhhušta 'it is finished', Latin fūnus (“burial”), Ancient Greek θνητός (thnētos, “mortal”), θάνατος (thanatos, “death”), thaneīn 'to die', Sanskrit ádhvanīt 'he vanished').
[edit] Pronunciation
Wikipedia town (plural towns)
- 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
- (UK, historical) a rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
- (UK) The residents,(as opposed to gown, the students etc.) of a community having a university
[edit] Usage notes
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.
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from town (noun)
[edit] Translations
settlement
- Afrikaans: dorp (af)
- Ainu: コタン (kotan)
- Albanian: qytet (sq)
- Arabic: مدينة (ar) (madiina) f., قَرْيَةٌ (ar) (qárya) f., بلدة (ar) (bálda) f.
- Egyptian Arabic: مدينة (madina) f.
- Armenian: քաղաք (hy) (k'aġak'), ավան (hy) (avan)
- Basque: herri (eu)
- Belarusian: горад (be) (hórad) m.
- Bengali: শহর (bn) (shôhôr)
- Bosnian: grad (bs) m., varoš (bs)
- Breton: kêr f., kêrioù pl., kumun f., kumunioù pl.
- Bulgarian: град (bg) (grad) m.
- Burmese: မြို့ (my) (mrui)
- Catalan: poble (ca) m.
- Chamicuro: chi'nashtalichi
- Chechen: юрт (jurt)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 城市 (cmn) (chéngshì), 城 (cmn) (chéng), 鎮 (cmn), 镇 (cmn) (zhèn), 城鎮 (cmn), 城镇 (cmn) (chéngzhèn)
- Chuvash: хула (khula)
- Croatian: grâd (hr) m.
- Czech: město (cs) n.
- Danish: by (da)
- Dutch: gemeente (nl) f., stad (nl) f., nederzetting (nl) f.
- Esperanto: urbo (eo)
- Estonian: linn (et)
- Finnish: kunta (fi), kaupunki (fi)
- French: commune (fr) f., ville (fr) f.
- Georgian: ქალაქი (ka) (k'alak'i)
- German: Gemeinde (de) f., Stadt (de) f., Ort (de) m., Städtchen (de) n.
- Greek: πόλη (el) (póli) f.
- Hebrew: עִיר (he) (ir) f.
- Hindi: शहर (hi) (śahr) m., नगर (hi) (nagar)
- Hungarian: város (hu)
- Icelandic: bær (is) m.
- Ido: urbo (io)
- Irish: baile (ga) m.
- Italian: città (it) f.
- Japanese: 街 (ja), 町 (ja), まち (ja) (machi)
- Kamba: taunii
- Kazakh: қала (kk) (qala)
- Khmer: ទីក្រុង (km) (tii krong), ផ្សារ (km) (psaa), កូនក្រុង (km) (koon krong), ក្រុងតូច (km) (krong tooch)
- Kikuyu: taoni
- Korean: 마을 (ko) (ma-eul), 읍 (ko) (eup)
- Kurdish: bajarok (ku)
- Lao: ເມືອງ (lo) (myang)
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- Latin: oppidum (la) n.
- Lithuanian: miestelis (lt) m.
- Lojban: tcadu (jbo)
- Luhya: mtauni, etauni
- Macedonian: град (mk) (grád) m., паланка (mk) (pálanka) f.
- Malay: bandar (ms)
- Maltese: raħal (mt)
- Maori: tāone (mi)
- Meru: tauni
- Navajo: kin shijaaʼ, kin łání, kin
- Norwegian: by (no)
- Old English: andefera (ang), burg (ang)
- Old French: vile f.
- Persian: شهر (fa) (šahr), شهرک (fa) (šahrak)
- Polish: miasto (pl) n., miasteczko (pl) m.
- Portuguese: vila (pt) f., aldeia (pt) f., povoado (pt) m., arraial (pt) m.
- Romanian: oraș (ro) n., orașe pl.
- Russian: город (ru) (górod) m., городок (ru) (gorodók) m., посёлок (ru) (posjólok) m., местечко (ru) (mestéčko) n.
- Sanskrit: नगर (sa) (nágara) n.
- Scots: toun
- Scottish Gaelic: baile m.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: град (sr) m., варош (sr) f.
- Roman: grad m., varoš f., palanka f.
- Sinhalese: නගරය (si) (nagaraya)
- Slovak: mesto (sk) n.
- Slovene: mesto (sl) n.
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: město n.
- Upper Sorbian: město (hsb)
- Spanish: ciudad (es) f., pueblo (es) m.
- Swahili: mji (sw)
- Swedish: stad (sv) c., tätort (sv) c.
- Taos: plòso’óna
- Telugu: పట్టణము (te) (paTTaNamu), పట్నము (te) (paTnamu)
- Tetum: sidade
- Thai: เมือง (th) (meuang), พารา (th) (paaraa), นคร (th) (nákon)
- Tongan: kolo
- Turkish: ilçe (tr), kasaba (tr)
- Ukrainian: місто (uk) (místo) n.
- Urdu: شہر (ur) (śahr) m.
- Vietnamese: tỉnh (vi), thành phố (vi)
- Volapük: zif (vo)
- Welsh: tref (cy) f.
- West Frisian: stêd (fy) c.
- Yiddish: שטעטל (yi) (shtetl) n.
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