TOWN: значение слова

noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tūn enclosure, village, town; akin to Old High German zūn enclosure, Old Irish dún fortress Date: before 12th century a cluster or aggregation of houses recognized as a distinct place with a place-name ; hamlet ,

2. a compactly settled area as distinguished from surrounding rural territory, a compactly settled area usually larger than a village but smaller than a city, a large densely populated urban area ; city , an English village having a periodic fair or market, a particular town or city under consideration , the city or urban life as contrasted with the country,

5. the inhabitants of a city or town , the townspeople of a college or university town as distinct from the academic community , a New England territorial and political unit usually containing under a single town government both rural areas and urban areas not having their own charter of incorporation, a group of prairie dog burrows, town adjective