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(n)
The people who live in a town, especially the lower and middle classes.
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(US, Canada) A subdivision of a county.
the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
The change in a country or region when its population migrates from rural to urban areas.
The culture or way of life of people who live in cities.
(chiefly Canada, US) The residential part of a city, away from the commercial center.
(chiefly US, Canada) The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
(US) The part of a city between uptown and downtown.
A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
Alternative form of town hall. [A building that houses the local government offices of a town.]
An administrative division of an area.
An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.
A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
An enclosed shopping centre.
The people living within a political or geographical boundary.
A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
(finance) A financial instrument issued by a municipality.
(adj)
From or in a nearby location.
British standard spelling of neighborhood.
(physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
The residential area near one's home.
Any physical store selling groceries, such as a grocery store or convenience store.
(countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.
State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
(uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
(countable, uncountable) A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
A particular point or place in physical space.
(economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.
A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
(dated outside UK and Australia) A man, a fellow.
The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans.
A particular geographic region.
The inhabitant of a metropolis.
This place; this location.
A type of Chinese ritual bronze or ceramic wine vessel with a round or square vase-like form, sometimes in the shape of an animal.
A long journey, especially by ship.
A portion of dead wood on a branch or at the top of the trunk of a bonsai tree, whether formed naturally or deliberately to suggest age and hardship.
Wished for; desired; sought.
The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
A city in the West Bank, Palestine; holy in both Judaism and Islam.
A city in the West Bank, Palestine.
(New Zealand) A Māori social gathering or assembly.
A city, the capital of Jenin governorate, West Bank, Palestine.
A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
A city, the capital of Nablus governorate, West Bank, Palestine.
Synonym of constantan (“copper-nickel alloy”).
A city in central Mali.
A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
A community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo Indians living in a stone or adobe multi-storey building.
Burgundy wine.
A municipality in various Latin American countries.
(anatomy) The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee
A quarter or district of an urban settlement in France.
A town in Alberta, Canada.
The capital city of Guyana; named for George III of the United Kingdom.
A city, the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois; named for the city in Ohio.
A city, the county seat of Moultrie County, Illinois, United States.
A surname.
A city in San Diego County, California, United States.
(N)
the third studio album by Australian band the Cat Empire, released on 1 April 2006 through Virgin Records.
(v)
(transitive) To desire; to want.
A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
(rare) A town or village.
A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
Former name of San Roque: a barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.
A city in Al Anbar governorate, Iraq.
A small village or a group of houses.
(UK) a borough or chartered town (now only used as an official subdivision in Scotland).
(Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Lutheranism, Eastern Orthodoxy) An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church.
A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
A metropolis; the main city of a country or area.
(US, law enforcement) A subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district.
One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.
(historical) A Greek city-state.