twin townnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌtwɪn ˈtaʊn/us/ˌtwɪn ˈtaʊn/UK US sister citya town or city that shares planned activities and visits with a similar town in another country:
Cambridge and Heidelberg are twin towns.
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Towns & regions: towns, cities & villages (general)
- aerotropolis
- backwater
- bedroom community
- Cantabrigian
- capital
- conurbation
- county borough
- dormitory town
- Greater
- hill station
- hometown
- megacity
- metropolis
- metropolitan
- one-horse town
- port
- settlement
- small-town
- town
- urbanite
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