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Town Town, n. [OE. toun, tun, AS. tun inclosure, fence, village, town; akin to D. tuin a garden, G. zaun a hadge, fence, OHG. zun, Icel. tun an inclosure, homestead, house, Ir. & Gael. dun a fortress, W. din. Cf. Down, adv. & prep., Dune, tine to inclose.] 1. 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. [Obs.] --Palsgrave. [1913 Webster]

2. Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop. [Eng.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]

3. 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. [1913 Webster]

God made the country, and man made the town. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]

4. 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. [1913 Webster]

5. A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]

6. The court end of London; -- commonly with the. [1913 Webster]

7. The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country. [1913 Webster]

Always hankering after the diversions of the town. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

Stunned with his giddy larum half the town. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Note: The same form of expressions is used in regard to other populous towns. [1913 Webster]

8. A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster]

Note: Town is often used adjectively or in combination with other words; as, town clerk, or town-clerk; town-crier, or town crier; townhall, town-hall, or town hall; townhouse, town house, or town-house. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Village; hamlet. See Village. [1913 Webster]

{Town clerk}, an office who keeps the records of a town, and enters its official proceedings. See Clerk.

{Town cress} (Bot.), the garden cress, or peppergrass. --Dr. Prior.

{Town house}. (a) A house in town, in distinction from a house in the country. (b) See Townhouse.

{Town meeting}, a legal meeting of the inhabitants of a town entitled to vote, for the transaction of public bisiness. [U. S.]

{Town talk}, the common talk of a place; the subject or topic of common conversation. [1913 Webster]

to spanish

town [taun] ciudad, población
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to spanish

town hall [taunh??l] ayuntamiento
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to french

town [taun] localité
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cité, ville
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to french

town hall [taunh??l] hôtel de ville
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to deutch

town [taun] Stadt
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town and country planning [taunændk?ntri?plæni?] Raumordnung
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town council [taunkaunsl] Stadtrat
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town councils [taunkaunslz] Stadträte
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town halls [taunh??lz] Rathäuser
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town planning [taunplæni?] Stadtplanung
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town plannings [taunplæni?z] Stadtplanungen
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to italian

town città
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to latin

town [taun] oppidum; urbs
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Bible Dictionary

Town
the title ascribed in our version to the magistrate at Ephesuswho appeased the mob in the theatre at the time of the tumultexcited by Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen. (acts 19:35) Theoriginal service of this class of men was to record the lawsand decrees of the state, and to read them in public.