Noun | 1. | town - an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work" |
2. | town - an administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal" Synonyms: township | |
3. | town - the people living in a municipality smaller than a city; "the whole town cheered the team" Synonyms: townsfolk, townspeople |
TOWN. This word is used differently in different parts of the United States. In Pennsylvania and some other of the middle states, it signifies a village or a city. In some of the northeastern states it denotes a subdivision of a county, called in other places a township.
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