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Noun
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town
(an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
"they drive through town on their way to work"
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has instance
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derivationally related form
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town
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townspeople
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townsfolk
(the people living in a municipality smaller than a city)
"the whole town cheered the team"
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borough
(an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament)
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burgh
(a borough in Scotland)
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pocket borough
(a sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family)
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rotten borough
(an English parliamentary constituency with few electors)
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municipality
(people living in a town or city having local self-government)
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township
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town
(an administrative division of a county)
"the town is responsible for snow removal"
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Town
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Ithiel Town
(United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844))