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单词 new town
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new town


noun

(sometimes initial capital letters) a comprehensively planned, self-sufficient urban community that provides housing, educational, recreational, and commercial facilities and often serves to absorb residents from a nearby overcrowded metropolis.

Origin of new town

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby new town

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Definition for new town (2 of 2)

Newtown
[ noo-toun, nyoo- ]
/ ˈnuˌtaʊn, ˈnyu- /

noun

a town in SW Connecticut.
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Example sentences from the Web for new town

  • So, in the spring, this tiny colony went out to Salisbury new-town.

    The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6|Various
  • The cavalry was posted on the opposite side of the city, along the Horse-market, and fronting the "New-town."

    The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume III.(of III) 1574-84|John Lothrop Motley
  • At one period residence and park became known as New-town, a name now obsolete.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for new town (1 of 2)

new town

noun

(in Britain) a town that has been planned as a complete unit and built with government sponsorship, esp to accommodate overspill population

British Dictionary definitions for new town (2 of 2)

Newtown
/ (ˈnjuːtaʊn) /

noun

a new town in central Wales, in Powys. Pop: 10 358 (2001)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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