township
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈtaʊnʃɪp/
- After moving to the rural township, she quickly made friends with her neighbors.
- African townships
- rural townships
- township residents
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Watch on YouTubeEven worse, many people don't know, but the registry of title deeds didn't have valuations for the properties of people living in those townships.
- Even worse, many people don't know, but the registry of title deeds didn't have valuations for the properties of people living in those townships.
- And I vividly remember the whole Township I come from just having such a fascination with her athletic talent.
- And so people who live in, I guess you could call them, we call them townships, like squatter camps, I guess.
- You've got your affluent areas and you've got your, your townships and, and that as as well Africa.
- And then he says we're going to unite South Africa with the game of rugby and here's all your black townships and all this and they all play soccer.
- You typically want to kind of pick a a town or a Township because that's going to give you a demographic of that population.
Examples
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You know what they call your RDP in the township?' he asked.
Fiction book (1996) -
He continues to practice in a township outside of Florence.
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If only you had seen her as I first saw her at that township wedding.
Fiction book (1996) -
Therefore, both the Department and its township customer can see actual conditions as they occur at the site.
Academic text (1996) -
In fact, we are told in "The Test" that Thoba's run through the township takes place on a school holiday.
Academic text (1996) -
Nine remain, as we enter Khayelitsha Township.
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"I would be more interested in knowing what residents of the townships think of the installation."
Academic text (1995) -
Carver's Creek, a township at the foot of the Oakland Plantation, was where my father's people were from.
Fiction book (1993) -
Mt. Aire is a small township on the verge of bankruptcy.
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Similar to many remote Highland villages, the township of Scoraig suffered depopulation until the mid-twentieth century.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people live that is bigger than a village but smaller than a city
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1.5
A community with few people and few shops
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5.8
A small town often used in French place names
Antonyms
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Etymology
Township comes from town plus the ending -ship, which can mean 'state' or 'togetherness', like in friendship. So a township can mean a small town or community that has the 'togetherness' of a town, often outside a city.