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| backstreet |
a minor road somewhat distant from major thoroughfares within a town or city. [1/2 definitions] |
| barbican |
a defensive tower at the entrance to a town or fortified castle. |
| barrio |
in a Spanish-speaking country, one of the districts of a town. [1/2 definitions] |
| bellman |
one who carries or rings a bell, such as a town crier. [1/2 definitions] |
| Bethlehem |
a hill town north of Jerusalem in Israeli-occupied Jordan, traditionally considered the birthplace of Jesus Christ. |
| block |
a section of a city or town bounded on four sides by intersecting streets, or the distance represented by one side of such a section. [1/19 definitions] |
| board of education |
an appointed or elected group that supervises one or several school systems at the town, city, county, or state level; school board. |
| borough |
an incorporated town in certain states in the United States. [1/2 definitions] |
| bourg |
a medieval town or village, esp. near a castle. [2 definitions] |
| -burg |
city or town; burg. |
| burg |
(informal) a town, village, or city. |
| burgh |
a town in Scotland that has been incorporated by governmental charter; borough. |
| burgher |
someone who lives in a town or city, esp. one who belongs to the middle class. |
| burgomaster |
the mayor or chief magistrate in a Dutch, Austrian, German, or Flemish town or city. |
| Cancún |
a popular Mexican resort town, part of which is island, located on the northeastern, Caribbean coast of the Yucatan peninsula. |
| citizen |
a resident of a town or city, esp. one entitled to civic privileges such as voting. [1/2 definitions] |
| city |
a large and significant town, usu. a locally governed commercial and population center. [1/2 definitions] |
| cognac |
any fine brandy, esp. that made in France near the town of Cognac. |
| come over |
to come from one place to another to see or do something with someone else (used only when people are in the same town, area, or space). [1/6 definitions] |
| common noun |
a noun, such as "boy," "poodle," or "town," that refers to a class, or to an unspecified member of a class, of persons, places, things, or the like, and that is often preceded by an article. (Cf. proper noun.) |
| community |
a well-defined area, such as a town or area of a town, where people live together under one government. [1/5 definitions] |
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