noun
Meaning 1
The territory of a town.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
township
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈtaʊnʃɪp/
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noun
Meaning 2
A subdivision of a county.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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noun
Meaning 3
An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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noun
Meaning 4
A nonwhite (usually subeconomic) area attached to a city.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
Qualifier: post-1994
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noun
Meaning 5
A small town.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand
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noun
Meaning 6
an administrative division of a county
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the town is responsible for snow removal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: town
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
History
Etymology
From Middle English towneship, townschip, tounshipe, tunscipe, from Old English tūnsċipe (“the inhabitants of a town; township”), equivalent to town + -ship.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: селище (selište) — territory of a town
- Burmese: မြို့နယ် (mrui.nai) — territory of a town
- Chinese Mandarin: 鎮區 /镇区 (zhènqū) — territory of a town
- Czech: obec — territory of a town
- Dutch: tuinschap — territory of a town
- Finnish: kunta — territory of a town
- Finnish: kaupunki — territory of a town
- German: Township — territory of a town
- Icelandic: bæjarfélag — territory of a town
- Icelandic: sveitarfélag — territory of a town
- Latin: mūnicipium — territory of a town
- Portuguese: municipalidade — territory of a town
- Russian: городо́к (gorodók) — territory of a town
- Russian: посёлок (posjólok) — territory of a town
- Russian: месте́чко (mestéčko) — territory of a town
- Spanish: municipio — territory of a town
- Swedish: stadsdel — territory of a town
- Swedish: kommundel — territory of a town
- Swedish: småstad — territory of a town
- Swedish: liten stad — territory of a town
- Bulgarian: община (obština) — a subdivision of a county
- Dutch: kanton — a subdivision of a county
- French: canton — a subdivision of a county
- German: Kanton — a subdivision of a county
- Hungarian: járás — a subdivision of a county
- Italian: cantone — a subdivision of a county
- Spanish: municipio — a subdivision of a county
- Vietnamese: xã — a subdivision of a county
- Afrikaans: township — area set aside for nonwhite occupation in South Africa
- Dutch: tuinschap — area set aside for nonwhite occupation in South Africa
- German: Zaunschaft — area set aside for nonwhite occupation in South Africa
- German: Township — area set aside for nonwhite occupation in South Africa
- Portuguese: township — area set aside for nonwhite occupation in South Africa
- Russian: та́уншип (táunšip) — area set aside for nonwhite occupation in South Africa
- Xhosa: ilokishi — area set aside for nonwhite occupation in South Africa
Real reading context