township

English

/ˈtaʊnʃɪp/

noun

Definitions

The territory of a town.
(US) a subdivision of a county.
(South African English) An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.
(South African English) A nonwhite (usually subeconomic) area attached to a city.
(Australia) a small town.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English towneship inherited from Old English tūnsċipe (the inhabitants of a town, township) suffix from 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
Chinatown 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
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
Silvertown English
Tinseltown English
Townsend English
Toytown English
Tylertown English
Victoriatown English
Youngstown English
boomtown English
bytown 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
townshipwide English
townsite English
townsman English
townspeople English
townsperson English
townswoman English
townward English
townwards English
townwear English
townwide English
towny English
タウン Japanese
tūnsċipe Old English
town Middle English
towneship Middle English
taun Marshallese
tawūn Marshallese
taun Tok Pisin
tāone Maori
taundi Shona
tawuni Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
taun Kriol
taunu Pitjantjatjara