Old town

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The historic district of a city or town. sometimes

    "He's living in old town these days."

  2. 2
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, town.

    "St. Augustine, Florida, is a seriously old town by New World standards."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
  2. 2
    An area in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden; Gamla stan in Swedish.

    "The whole of the Tunnel system is controlled by the Underground Central Control Office, which is situated in Icarus House, a four-storey building in the Old Town."

  3. 3
    A village in Wadsworth parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9928).

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"He's living in old town these days."

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