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midtown

midtown

46 3.5
A named central area of a city with shops and offices
  • proper noun
  • /ˈmɪdˌtaʊn/
  • US
translation icon : Midtown
  • I'm at the SiriusXM headquarters, Midtown Manhattan.
  • Midtown Manhattan
  • Midtown New York
  • a Midtown office

So I, I live in the East Village, Midtown Manhattan is completely dead.

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Examples

  • I was having lunch with Edward Norton in Midtown Manhattan about seven years ago.

  • Most of the businesses west of Sixth Ave. in Midtown were open, including several delis and a Starbucks.

    Blog text (13)
  • Could I have the number for Midtown Flowers, please?

  • So we just made it up to Midtown and I'm feeling so good.

  • Midtown Manhattan, everywhere, trying to make phone calls.

  • JACOB is driving a mail truck through the crowded streets of Midtown Manhattan.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • At 5:30, I checked in at my hotel room in midtown Manhattan.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Patrick sits in the back seat of a taxi slowly making its way through Midtown gridlock.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • PHOTO (COLOR): Pape Babou, a licensed vendor, sells watches to tourists and Midtown office workers on Madison Avenue.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Clients like coming to New York, especially to Midtown with its theaters and restaurants.

Synonyms

downtown
vsmidtown
  • US
930 1.0

The main part of a city with many offices, shops, and restaurants

is a named central neighborhood between the main business core and other districts
city center
vsmidtown
  • US
18 1.1

The main area of a city with most shops and offices

is a specifically named central zone located between a business core and other districts
central city
vsmidtown
4 3.3

The main busy area in the middle of a city where people work and meet

is a specific central part officially named and sitting between other city areas

How Central

city center
  • US
18 1.1
downtown
  • US
930 1.0
midtown
  • US
46 3.5
uptown
  • US
45 3.6
neighborhood
  • US
1.8
suburb
286 2.7
outskirts
3.0

Surface Forms

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Morphology

midtown = mid + town (transparent) = mid + town

As a place name (capitalized), the meaning is still transparently built from 'mid' + 'town' indicating the central district.

Etymology

Midtown is the ordinary word midtown used as a place name, made of mid ('middle') and town ('city'), which shows its location. So Midtown often refers to the officially named central part of a city, between downtown and uptown.