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Definition of town:
- A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
- A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
- Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
- Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.
- Formerly: ( a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [ Obs.] ( b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [ Obs.] ( c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
- The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
- The court end of London;- commonly with the.
- The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
Synonyms:
townsfolk, urban, township, townspeople, municipal, urban, community, civil.
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region (part of speech: noun)
- domain,
- riding,
- area,
- parcel,
- place,
- colony,
- sector,
- plot,
- dukedom,
- district,
- borough,
- zone,
- municipality,
- locality,
- country,
- bailiwick,
- earldom,
- duchy,
- division,
- beat,
- neighborhood,
- canton,
- circuit,
- nation,
- state,
- field,
- city,
- precinct,
- commonweal,
- territory,
- realm,
- region,
- tract,
- province,
- lot,
- county,
- empire,
- quarter,
- Shire,
- kingdom
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town (part of speech: noun)
- hamlet,
- borough,
- suburb,
- metropolis,
- municipality,
- township,
- burg,
- city,
- village
- regional (part of speech: adjective)