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darktown

darktown noun: an African-American area of a city, especially in the American South.

Noun

darktown (plural darktowns)

  1. (US, dated) An African-American area of a city, especially in the American South.
    • But I get such strong impressions of your hey day / Looking up and down old Beale Street / Ghosts of the darktown society / Come right out of the bricks at me1976, Joni Mitchell, “Furry Sings The Blues”, in Hejira

Forms of darktown

pluraldarktowns

Origin of darktown

From dark + town.

Questions about darktown

What does darktown mean?
Darktown means an African-American area of a city, especially in the American South.
What part of speech is darktown?
Darktown is a noun.
What is the plural of darktown?
The plural of darktown is darktowns.

Words near darktown in the dictionary

  1. darksome
  2. darksomely
  3. darksomeness
  4. darkstep
  5. darkth
  6. darktown
  7. darktowns
  8. darkward
  9. darkwards
  10. darkwave
  11. darkwaver

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