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Chinatowns

Chinatowns is the plural of Chinatown.

Meaning of Chinatown

Noun

Chinatown (plural Chinatowns)

  1. A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.
    • She grabbed his hand again and marched him under the fake Oriental archway that heralded the beginning of Chinatown.2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 185
  2. (broadly, proscribed) A similar district filled with East Asians and Southeast Asians.

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Questions about Chinatowns

What is Chinatowns the plural of?
Chinatowns is the plural of Chinatown.

Words near Chinatowns in the dictionary

  1. chinas
  2. Chinatown
  3. Chinatown of Quezon City
  4. Chinatowner
  5. Chinatowners
  6. Chinatowns
  7. Chinatsu
  8. chinaur
  9. chinaurs
  10. Chinaward
  11. chinaware

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