Town

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Town

Town : சிறு நகரம்

Town : சிறு நகரம்,நகரம்

Town : நகரம்

Town definition

Adverb. & prep.

  1. Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domaiNoun. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
  2. Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.
  3. Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
  4. The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
  5. A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
  6. The court end of London;-- commonly with the.
  7. The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
  8. A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.