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new town

new town noun: a planned community or urban development area.

Noun

new town (plural new towns)

  1. A planned community or urban development area.
    • The government's New Towns Taskforce has also published a report listing Crews Hill, on the Hertford Loop used by Moorgate services, on a shortlist of 12 potential new towns.2025 October 15, David Stubbings, “News: TfL submits business case to DfT for transfer of Northern City Line services”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 11
  2. (UK) A town built to address housing shortages after World War II.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see new, town.

Proper noun capitalized: New Town

New Town

  1. A suburb of Ashford, Kent, England, south-east of the town centre (OS grid ref TR0141). Also spelt Newtown.
    • The autumn of the year 1850 also saw the establishment of the Carriage & Wagon Department at Ashford, by which time the adjacent railway village had been extended by another sixty houses. This village at first was known as Alfred Town but later became Ashford New Town.1947 November and December, “Ashford Works Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 389
  2. A suburb of the City of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
  3. A suburb of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
    Synonyms:
    Newtown, Rajarhat

new town meaning in Tamil

new town in Tamil

புது நகரம்

Synonyms of new town

Forms of new town

pluralnew towns

Questions about new town

What does new town mean?
New town means a planned community or urban development area.
What is new town in Tamil?
New town in Tamil is புது நகரம். See New town meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is new town?
New town can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of new town?
The plural of new town is new towns.

Words near new town in the dictionary

  1. New Thoughter
  2. New Thoughters
  3. New Thoughtism
  4. New Thoughtist
  5. New Thoughtists
  6. new town
  7. new towns
  8. New Tredegar
  9. New Trier
  10. New Ulm
  11. new up

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