Chinatown

English

/ˈtʃaɪnətaʊn/, /ˈtʃaɪnəˌtaʊn/

noun

Definitions

A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.
(proscribed) By extension, such a district filled with stereotype "Chinese" people, of East Asians and Southeast Asians.

Etymology

Compound from English China + English town.

Origin

English

town

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Allentown English
Anytown English
Arrowtown English
Banglatown English
Bardstown English
Beantown English
Blacktown English
Blandtown English
Blanktown English
Boystown English
Bricktown English
Byrdstown English
Cabbagetown English
Canvastown English
Castletown English
Cathedraltown English
Chapeltown English
Charlottetown English
China English
Chinaboy English
Chinadom English
Chinagate English
Chinaman English
Chinamania English
Chinatowner English
Chinese English
Cowtown English
Creetown English
Downingtown English
Doylestown English
Dufftown English
Earlestown English
Edgartown English
Elizabethtown English
Freetown English
Germantown English
Grantown-on-Spey English
Greeleytown English
Griffithstown English
Hockeytown English
Huntingtown English
Hymietown English
Indochina English
Jamestown English
Jeffersontown English
Jonestown English
Kelleytown English
Koreatown English
Leonardtown English
Lewistown English
Lombardstown English
Lordstown English
Mifflintown English
Mobtown English
Newtown English
Nicholtown English
Niggertown English
Norristown English
Provincetown English
Puddletown English
Red China English
Silvertown English
Tinseltown English
Townsend English
Toytown English
Tylertown English
Victoriatown English
Youngstown English
boomtown English
bytown English
chinaberry English
chinaroot English
churchtown English
cowtown English
crosstown English
cybertown English
downtown English
ecotown English
hilltown English
hometown English
intertown English
intown English
midtown English
monotown English
multitown English
shacktown English
shantytown English
smalltown English
town English
townball English
towned English
towner English
townfield English
townfolk English
townful English
townhome English
townhood English
townhouse English
townie English
townish English
townland English
townless English
townlet English
townlike English
townling English
townly English
townman English
townmate English
townpeople English
townscape English
townsfolk English
township English
townsite English
townsman English
townspeople English
townsperson English
townswoman English
townward English
townwards English
townwear English
townwide English
towny English
чайнатаун Russian
タウン Japanese
town Middle English
चाइना Hindi
چینی Persian
China Indonesian
차이나타운 Korean
iShayina Zulu
Jaina Marshallese
Jeina Marshallese
Jāina Marshallese
taun Marshallese
tawūn Marshallese
Saina Tok Pisin
taun Tok Pisin
Haina Maori
tāone Maori
taundi Shona
tawuni Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
taun Kriol
taunu Pitjantjatjara