Town

//tuːn//

Synonyms for "town" (77 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (16)

Proper Noun(2 words)
atcbridgetown

Strong matches (23)

Noun(1 words)
ithiel town

Related words (38)

Related word relations

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13 relation types

More general

7 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

3 entries

at location

8 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

434 entries

Showing 16 of 434 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

5 entries

has property

2 entries

is a

10 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

37 entries

Showing 16 of 37 words.

used for

15 entries

Translations

318 translations across 188 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • ақалақь noun (settlement)

Adyghe

1 entries
  • къалэ noun (settlement)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • dorp noun (settlement)

Ahom

1 entries
  • 𑜋𑜦𑜧 noun (settlement)

Ainu

1 entries
  • コタン noun (settlement)

Albanian

2 entries
  • qytet noun (settlement)
  • qytezë noun (settlement)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ከተማ noun (settlement)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • πολίχνιον noun (settlement)
  • ἄστυ noun (settlement)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بلد noun (settlement)
  • بَلْدَة noun (settlement)
  • قَرْيَة noun (settlement)
  • مدينة noun (settlement)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • ziudat noun (settlement)

Archi

1 entries
  • шагьру noun (settlement)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ավան noun (settlement)
  • քաղաք noun (settlement)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • cãsãbã (roa-rup) noun (settlement)

Assamese

2 entries
  • চহৰ noun (settlement)
  • নগৰ noun (settlement)

Asturian

2 entries
  • ciudá noun (settlement)
  • pueblu noun (settlement)

Avar

1 entries
  • шагьар noun (settlement)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • qəsəbə noun (settlement)
  • şəhər noun (settlement)

Baekje

1 entries
  • 夫里 noun (settlement)

Bangi

1 entries
  • etuka noun (settlement)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ҡала noun (settlement)

Basque

1 entries
  • herri noun (settlement)

Bavarian German

1 entries
  • Ståd noun (settlement)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • го́рад noun (settlement)
  • ме́ста noun (settlement)
  • мястэ́чка noun (settlement)

Bengali

2 entries
  • নগর noun (settlement)
  • শহর noun (settlement)

Breton

4 entries
  • kumun noun (settlement)
  • kumunioù noun (settlement)
  • kêr noun (settlement)
  • kêrioù noun (settlement)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • град noun (settlement)
  • касаба́ noun (settlement)
  • пала́нка noun (settlement)

Burmese

1 entries
  • မြို့ noun (settlement)

Buryat

1 entries
  • хото noun (settlement)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • мі́сто noun (settlement)

Catalan

3 entries
  • ciutat noun (settlement)
  • poble noun (settlement)
  • vila noun (settlement)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • lungsod noun (settlement)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • شارۆچکە noun (settlement)
  • شارۆکە noun (settlement)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • chi'nashtalichi noun (settlement)

Chechen

2 entries
  • гӏала noun (settlement)
  • юрт noun (settlement)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎦᏚᎲᎢ noun (settlement)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • tawuni noun (settlement)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • okla noun (settlement)

Chinese

4 entries
  • чын noun (settlement)
  • чынпу noun (settlement)
  • чыншы noun (settlement)
  • шы noun (settlement)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 城市 noun (settlement)
  • 城鎮 /城镇 noun (settlement)
  • 市鎮 /市镇 noun (settlement)
  • 鎮 /镇 noun (settlement)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 城 noun (settlement)
  • 城市 noun (settlement)
  • 城鎮 /城镇 noun (settlement)
  • 鎮 /镇 noun (settlement)

Church Slavic

4 entries
  • градъ noun (settlement)
  • мѣсто noun (settlement)
  • ⰳⱃⰰⰴⱏ noun (settlement)
  • ⰿⱑⱄⱅⱁ noun (settlement)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • хула noun (settlement)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲃⲁⲕⲓ noun (settlement)

Czech

1 entries
  • město noun (settlement)

Danish

1 entries
  • by noun (settlement)

Dutch

4 entries
  • gemeente noun (settlement)
  • nederzetting noun (settlement)
  • stad noun (settlement)
  • tuin noun (settlement)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • ола noun (settlement)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 城市 noun (settlement)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • niwt:t*Z1 noun (settlement)

Elfdalian

1 entries
  • stað noun (settlement)

Erzya

1 entries
  • ош noun (settlement)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • urbeto noun (settlement)
  • urbo noun (settlement)

Estonian

1 entries
  • linn noun (settlement)

Faroese

1 entries
  • býur noun (settlement)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kaupunki noun (settlement)
  • kunta noun (settlement)
  • pikkukaupunki noun (settlement)

French

4 entries
  • bourg noun (settlement)
  • commune noun (settlement)
  • ville noun (settlement)
  • villette noun (settlement)

Galician

1 entries
  • vila noun (settlement)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ქალაქი noun (settlement)

German

4 entries
  • Gemeinde noun (settlement)
  • Ort noun (settlement)
  • Stadt noun (settlement)
  • Städtchen noun (settlement)

Greek

1 entries
  • πόλη noun (settlement)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • illoqarfik noun (settlement)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • નગર noun (settlement)
  • શહેર noun (settlement)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 城市 noun (settlement)

Hausa

1 entries
  • birni noun (settlement)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • יִשּׁוּב noun (settlement)
  • עִיר noun (settlement)
  • קִרְיָה noun (settlement)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • banuwa noun (settlement)

Hiligaynon

2 entries
  • banwa noun (settlement)
  • lungsod noun (settlement)

Hindi

2 entries
  • नगर noun (settlement)
  • शहर noun (settlement)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • város noun (settlement)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • bær noun (settlement)

Ido

1 entries
  • urbo noun (settlement)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • kota noun (settlement)
  • kotamadya noun (settlement)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • شَهْر noun (settlement)
  • شَهْرَک noun (settlement)
  • قَصَبِه noun (settlement)

Irish

2 entries
  • baile noun (settlement)
  • baile mór noun (settlement)

Italian

1 entries
  • città noun (settlement)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 町 noun (settlement)
  • 街 noun (settlement)
  • 都市 noun (settlement)

Jeju

1 entries
  • ᄆᆞ슬 noun (settlement)

Juba Arabic

1 entries
  • mediina noun (settlement)

Kamba

1 entries
  • taunii noun (settlement)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ನಗರ noun (settlement)

Karelian

1 entries
  • linna noun (settlement)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • gard noun (settlement)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • шаһар noun (settlement)
  • қала noun (settlement)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ទីក្រុង noun (settlement)
  • ផ្សារ noun (settlement)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • taoni noun (settlement)

Kildin Sami

1 entries
  • ланнҍ noun (settlement)

Kinaray-a

1 entries
  • banwa noun (settlement)

Komi-Permyak

1 entries
  • кар noun (settlement)

Korean

3 entries
  • 마을 noun (settlement)
  • 시 noun (settlement)
  • 읍 noun (settlement)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • шаар noun (settlement)

Ladin

1 entries
  • zità noun (settlement)

Lao

3 entries
  • ຊຽງ noun (settlement)
  • ນະຄອນ noun (settlement)
  • ເມືອງ noun (settlement)

Latin

1 entries
  • oppidum noun (settlement)

Latvian

1 entries
  • pilsēta noun (settlement)

Lingala

1 entries
  • engumba noun (settlement)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • miestelis noun (settlement)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • město noun (settlement)

Luhya

2 entries
  • etauni noun (settlement)
  • mtauni noun (settlement)

Lü

3 entries
  • ᦵᦈᦲᧃᧈ noun (settlement)
  • ᦵᦋᧂ noun (settlement)
  • ᦵᦞᦇ noun (settlement)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • град noun (settlement)
  • паланка noun (settlement)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • tanana noun (settlement)

Malay

1 entries
  • bandar noun (settlement)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • നഗരം noun (settlement)

Maltese

2 entries
  • belt noun (settlement)
  • raħal noun (settlement)

Marathi

2 entries
  • नगर noun (settlement)
  • शहर noun (settlement)

Meru

1 entries
  • tauni noun (settlement)

Moksha

1 entries
  • ош noun (settlement)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • хот noun (settlement)
  • ᠬᠣᠲᠠ noun (settlement)

Māori

1 entries
  • tāone noun (settlement)

Nanai

1 entries
  • хотон noun (settlement)

Navajo

3 entries
  • kin noun (settlement)
  • kin shijaaʼ noun (settlement)
  • kin łání noun (settlement)

Nivkh

1 entries
  • хота noun (settlement)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • steed noun (settlement)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • bajarok noun (settlement)

Northern Thai

1 entries
  • ᨩ᩠ᨿᨦ noun (settlement)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • by noun (settlement)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • by noun (settlement)

Occitan

2 entries
  • ciutat noun (settlement)
  • vila noun (settlement)

Odia

2 entries
  • ନଗର noun (settlement)
  • ସହର noun (settlement)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • oodena noun (settlement)

Old East Slavic

3 entries
  • городъ noun (settlement)
  • градъ noun (settlement)
  • мѣсто noun (settlement)

Old English

2 entries
  • burg noun (settlement)
  • tūn noun (settlement)

Old French

1 entries
  • vile noun (settlement)

Old High German

2 entries
  • burg noun (settlement)
  • stat noun (settlement)

Old Turkic

1 entries
  • 𐰉𐰞𐰶 noun (settlement)

Oromo

1 entries
  • magaalaa noun (settlement)

Ossetian

2 entries
  • горӕт noun (settlement)
  • сахар noun (settlement)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • شهر noun (settlement)
  • قصبه noun (settlement)
  • كنت noun (settlement)

Pashto

1 entries
  • ښار noun (settlement)

Pennsylvania German

4 entries
  • Schteddel noun (settlement)
  • Schteddelche noun (settlement)
  • Schteddliche noun (settlement)
  • Schtettel noun (settlement)

Persian

2 entries
  • شَهْر noun (settlement)
  • قَصَبَه noun (settlement)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Staut noun (settlement)

Polish

2 entries
  • miasteczko noun (settlement)
  • miasto noun (settlement)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • vila noun (settlement)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਸ਼ਹਿਰ noun (settlement)

Purepecha

1 entries
  • iréta noun (settlement)

Quechua

1 entries
  • llaqta noun (settlement)

Romanian

1 entries
  • oraș noun (settlement)

Romansch

1 entries
  • citad noun (settlement)

Russian

4 entries
  • го́род noun (settlement)
  • городо́к noun (settlement)
  • град noun (settlement)
  • месте́чко noun (settlement)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • नगर noun (settlement)

Scots

1 entries
  • toun noun (settlement)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • baile noun (settlement)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • grȃd noun (settlement)
  • kasàba noun (settlement)
  • pàlānka noun (settlement)
  • vároš noun (settlement)

Shor

1 entries
  • тура noun (settlement)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • නගරය noun (settlement)

Slovak

1 entries
  • mesto noun (settlement)

Slovene

1 entries
  • mésto noun (settlement)

Spanish

3 entries
  • ciudad noun (settlement)
  • pueblo noun (settlement)
  • villa noun (settlement)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mji noun (settlement)

Swedish

4 entries
  • by noun (settlement)
  • småstad noun (settlement)
  • stad noun (settlement)
  • tätort noun (settlement)

Tabasaran

1 entries
  • шагьур noun (settlement)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • bayan noun (settlement)
  • syudad noun (settlement)

Tajik

2 entries
  • шаҳр noun (settlement)
  • қасаба noun (settlement)

Tamil

1 entries
  • நகரம் noun (settlement)

Taos

1 entries
  • plòsoʼóna noun (settlement)

Tashelhit

1 entries
  • ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵔⵜ noun (settlement)

Tatar

2 entries
  • кала noun (settlement)
  • шәһәр noun (settlement)

Telugu

2 entries
  • పట్టణము noun (settlement)
  • పట్నము noun (settlement)

Ter Sami

1 entries
  • ланнӭ noun (settlement)

Tetum

2 entries
  • sidade noun (settlement)
  • vila noun (settlement)

Thai

4 entries
  • นคร noun (settlement)
  • พารา noun (settlement)
  • เชียง noun (settlement)
  • เมือง noun (settlement)

Tibetan

3 entries
  • གྲོང་གསེབ noun (settlement)
  • གྲོང་རྡལ noun (settlement)
  • གྲོང་སྡེ noun (settlement)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ከተማ noun (settlement)

Tongan

1 entries
  • kolo noun (settlement)

Tumbuka

1 entries
  • tawuni noun (settlement)

Turkish

4 entries
  • bucak noun (settlement)
  • ilçe noun (settlement)
  • kasaba noun (settlement)
  • şehir noun (settlement)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • şäher noun (settlement)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • хоорай noun (settlement)

Tzotzil

2 entries
  • teklum noun (settlement)
  • teklumal noun (settlement)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • кар noun (settlement)

Ugaritic

2 entries
  • 𐎎𐎄𐎐𐎚 noun (settlement)
  • 𐎓𐎗 noun (settlement)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • мі́сто noun (settlement)
  • місте́чко noun (settlement)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • město noun (settlement)

Urdu

2 entries
  • شَہَر noun (settlement)
  • نَگَر noun (settlement)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • شەھەر noun (settlement)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • kasaba noun (settlement)
  • shahar noun (settlement)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • thành phố noun (settlement)
  • thị trấn noun (settlement)
  • tỉnh noun (settlement)

Volapük

1 entries
  • zif noun (settlement)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • bungto noun (settlement)

Welsh

1 entries
  • tref noun (settlement)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • stêd noun (settlement)

Wu Chinese

2 entries
  • 城市 noun (settlement)
  • 鎮 /镇 noun (settlement)

Yakut

1 entries
  • куорат noun (settlement)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • שטאָט noun (settlement)
  • שטעטל noun (settlement)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • ìlú noun (settlement)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries
  • kaah noun (settlement)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • cinq noun (settlement)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This is the town I told you about.

Source: tatoeba (2402)

In a town you may pass unnoticed, whereas in a village it's impossible.

Source: tatoeba (2462)

Don't you know that you are the laughingstock of the whole town?

Source: tatoeba (15891)

You will soon come to like this town.

Source: tatoeba (16654)

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