What is a town?

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Answertown

n.

1. A population center that is larger than a village and smaller than a city.

2. A territorial and political unit governed by a town meeting, especially in New England.

3. Informal. A city: New York is a big town.

4. Chiefly British. A rural village that has a market or fair periodically.

5. The residents of a town: The whole town was upset at the news.

2. An area that is more densely populated or developed than the surrounding area: going into town to shop.

3. The residents of a community in which a university or college is located, as opposed to the students and faculty: a dispute pitting town against gown.

4. A group of prairie dog burrows.

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A relatively small urban place. No limiting figures of population or areal extent are agreed upon. Towns may be regarded as central places providing goods and services to their surroundings but without the degree of economic specialization to be found in a city. In the USA, 'town' has a particular administrative connotation.

In Brtain, A rural village that has a market or fair periodically.