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A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
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Any more urbanized centre than the place of reference.
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(UK, historical) A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
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The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
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(colloquial, used without an article) Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
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A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
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(informal) A townhouse.
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(law) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
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(obsolete) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor; by extension, the whole of the land which constituted the domain.
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(UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
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(England, traditional, also Town, in phrases such as 'in town' or 'to town') London, especially central London.