cowtown
cowtown noun: a small town, a hick or backwards town.
Noun
cowtown (plural cowtowns)
- A small town, a hick or backwards town.
- Synonyms:
- hicktown, hicksville, Woop Woop, one-horse town
- A town or city noted for its link to the cattle industry.
- In July 1873 a St. Louis journalist visited Wichita and penned a colorful description of the frontier cowtown, the article appearing in the St. Louis Globe under the heading of “NEAR BRIMSTONE.”2011, Stan Hoig, Cowtown Wichita and the Wild, Wicked West, UNM Press, →ISBN, page 114
Proper noun capitalized: Cowtown
Cowtown
cowtown meaning in Bengali
cowtown in Bengali
- একটি ছোট শহর, গ্রাম্য, অনগ্রসর শহর
Synonyms of cowtown
- hicktown
- hicksville
- Woop Woop
- one-horse town
Forms of cowtown
| plural | cowtowns |
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Origin of cowtown
From cow + town.
From cowtown, being the centre of the Canadian cattle industry.
Questions about cowtown
- What does cowtown mean?
- Cowtown means a small town, a hick or backwards town.
- What is cowtown in Bengali?
- Cowtown in Bengali is একটি ছোট শহর, গ্রাম্য, অনগ্রসর শহর. See Cowtown meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is cowtown?
- Cowtown can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of cowtown?
- The plural of cowtown is cowtowns.
Words near cowtown in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cowtown (page history and authors); Cowtown (page history and authors); cowtown (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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