town

Anglès

• Pronúncia: /taʊn/ àudio (RU) ^ⓘ
• Etimologia: De l'anglès antic tūn ‎(«recinte tancat, granja»), del protogermànic *tūną ‎(«tanca»), del protoindoeuropeu *dʰewh₂- ‎(«encerclar»), cognat del gaèlic dunon ‎(«fortalesa») i de l’irlandès dún ‎(«fortalesa»).

Nom

town ‎(plural towns)

1. ciutat

Notes

Generalment, es fa servir town per a ciutats no gaire grans i city per a ciutats més grans. En les zones rurals una ciutat anomenada town es considera urbana mentre que en les zones urbanes anomenen town a una àrea suburbana; la percepció és subjectiva.

Derivats

• assize town
• boom town/boomtown
• cathedral town
• company town
• county town
• cow town
• cross town/cross-town/crosstown
• downtown
• fortified town
• garrison town
• ghost town
• go to town
• hometown
• in town
• jerkwater town
• leave town
• man about town
• market town
• new town
• on the town
• one-horse town
• only game in town
• out of town
• paint the town red
• post town
• satellite town
• shanty town
• shire town
• skip town
• small-town
• talk of the town
• toast of the town
• town and gown
• town ball
• town car
• town center/town centre
• town council
• town-crier
• townee
• towner
• town gas
• town hall/townhall
• town house/townhouse
• townhome
• townie
• townland
• townless
• townlet
• town mayor
• town planning
• townsfolk
• township
• townsman
• town square
• town twinning
• townwide
• twin town
• uptown