uptownadverb, adjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌʌpˈtaʊn/us/ˌʌpˈtaʊn/USin or towards the northern part of a city or town, especially if there is not much business or industry there:
We could walk uptown or we could take the train.
I can get lunch in Chinatown for half of what it costs uptown.
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downtown adjective adverb
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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
- arrondissement
- backstreets
- barrio
- block
- botanic garden
- concrete jungle
- council estate
- dormitory suburb
- estate
- exurb
- ghetto
- inner city
- precinct
- red-light district
- slum
- suburbia
- the outskirts
- town
- trading estate
- warren
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