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old town

old town noun: the historic district of a city or town.

Noun

old town (plural old towns)

  1. (sometimes) The historic district of a city or town.
    • He's living in old town these days.
    • She has a sunny apartment in the old town.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, town.
    • St. Augustine, Florida, is a seriously old town by New World standards.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Old Town

Old Town

  1. A city in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
  2. A village in Wadsworth parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9928).

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Old Town

the Old Town

  1. An area in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden; Gamla stan in Swedish.
    • The whole of the Tunnel system is controlled by the Underground Central Control Office, which is situated in Icarus House, a four-storey building in the Old Town.1963 August, W. Shepherd, “Stockholm's modern underground railway”, in Modern Railways, page 97

Forms of old town

pluralold towns
alternative formoldtown

Questions about old town

What does old town mean?
Old town means the historic district of a city or town.
What part of speech is old town?
Old town can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of old town?
The plural of old town is old towns.

Words near old town in the dictionary

  1. old toast
  2. old toasts
  3. Old Tom
  4. Old Toongabbie
  5. old top
  6. old town
  7. old towns
  8. Old Trafford
  9. Old Tupi
  10. Old Turkic
  11. old tyme

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