English Explanatory Dictionary

new town

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A planned community or urban development area.
  2. A town built to address housing shortages after World War II.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see new, town.
name
  1. A suburb of Ashford, Kent, England, south-east of the town centre (OS grid ref TR0141). Also spelt Newtown.
  2. A suburb of the City of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
  3. A suburb of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Word forms

new town new towns

Synonyms

Newtown Rajarhat

Related words

Newburgh Newbury New City Newton New Town Newtown Newville old town oldtown Oldbury Old City
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