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Levittown

Levittown proper noun: any of several large suburban housing developments created in the United States by William J. Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons, for returning veterans after World War II.

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Proper noun

Levittown (countable and uncountable, plural Levittowns)

  1. Any of several large suburban housing developments created in the United States by William J. Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons, for returning veterans after World War II.
    1. A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York.

Forms of Levittown

pluralLevittowns

Origin of Levittown

Blend of Levitt + town.

Questions about Levittown

What does Levittown mean?
Levittown means any of several large suburban housing developments created in the United States by William J. Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons, for returning veterans after World War II.
What part of speech is Levittown?
Levittown is a proper noun.

Words near Levittown in the dictionary

  1. levitous
  2. Levits
  3. Levitsky
  4. Levitskys
  5. Levitt
  6. Levittown
  7. Levittowns
  8. Levitts
  9. levity
  10. levivirus
  11. leviviruses

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