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[ chahy-nuh-toun ] / ˈtʃaɪ nəˌtaʊn /
nounthe main Chinese district in any city outside China. Origin of ChinatownChina + town Words nearby ChinatownChina rose, China Sea, China silk, china stone, China syndrome, Chinatown, China tree, chinaware, China White, chin ball, chinbeak Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ChinatownFurther along the sofa, and tranquilly silent, sat Amy Li, whose Chinatown gallery is housing Net Band Command. A ‘Truman Show’ For Today: The Return of Josh Harris|Anthony Haden-Guest|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Chinatown, for instance, is a kind of smart trickery that is rewarding. How ‘True Detective’ Will End|Andrew Romano|March 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Fung Wah is the best-known Chinatown bus company—a cultural icon for those of a certain age and demographic. The Government’s Cheap, Dishonest Campaign Against the Chinatown Bus Industry|Jim Epstein|November 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST Not so long ago, the Chinatown bus industry was subject to fierce price wars. The Government’s Cheap, Dishonest Campaign Against the Chinatown Bus Industry|Jim Epstein|November 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Everybody already knew there were Chinese in Chinatown and Italians in Little Italy. NYPD on the Real ‘Enemies Within’: Going Undercover With Jihadis|Michael Daly|September 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST On the very first day of his holidays he was become the central figure of a Chinatown drama. Tales of Chinatown|Sax Rohmer Why, yesterday, when he was supposed to be in Burlingame, Clara had seen him in Chinatown. The Coast of Chance|Esther Chamberlain San Francisco's famous Chinatown, the greatest settlement of the Celestials on this continent, went down like a house of cards. The San Francisco Calamity|Various They approached the center of Chinatown, keeping in 124 the shadows whenever possible. The Gray Phantom's Return|Herman Landon She is the daughter of a rich Pekin Mandarin, who has sold her to an equally rich merchant here in Chinatown. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess|Francis Worcester Doughty
British Dictionary definitions for Chinatown
nouna quarter of any city or town outside China with a predominantly Chinese population 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 |