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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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town

/taʊn/

US pronunciation
American sound/taʊn/
town
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short oo vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

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Myanmar meaning

(n) မြို့

Full entry

town /taƱn/ n

၁။ (က) [C] မြို့။ drive through the centre of town ❍ the historic town of Cambridge ❍ Norwich is my home town (ie where I was born or have lived for a long time).
(ခ) [CGp] မြို့နေလူထု။ မြို့။ The whole town turned out to welcome the team home.
၂။ [sing, U] မြို့။ What are the advantages of living in the town? ❍ town life.
၃။ [U] (after a prep and without the or a )
(က) မြို့။ မြို့တွင်း။ I'm going into town—do you want me to get you anything? ❍ be in/out of town (ie in/away from a particular town that is understood or has been referred to).
(ခ) မြို့။ မြို့တွင်း။ go up to town to see a play. See also BOOM TOWN, COUNTY TOWN, DORMITORY TOWN, GHOST TOWN, SHANTY TOWN, SMALL TOWN
❏ go to town (on sth) [IDM ] (infml ) လွှတ်အောသည်။ ပုံအောသည်။ အိတ်သွန်ဖာမှောက် အောသည်။ When they give parties they really go to town. ❍ The papers have really gone to town on the royal wedding (ie written about it at great length).
❏ (out) on the town [IDM ] (dated or joc ) မြို့တက်သည်။
❏ town centre n (esp Brit ) မြို့လယ်ကောင်။ Compare DOWNTOWN
❏ town crier (also crier ) n (ရှေး) မောင်းလည်သူ။
❏ town hall n မြို့တော်ခန်းမ။
❏ town house n
၁။ (ကျေးလက်တွင် အိမ်ရှိသူ၏) မြို့တွင်းအိမ်။
၂။ မြို့လယ်ရပ်ကွက်ရှိ အဆင့်မြင့်သီးသန့် တိုက်အိမ်။
❏ town planning n [U] မြို့ပြစီမံကိန်း။

More examples
  • A small town
  • An industrial town in China
  • Mountains overlook the town on three sides.
  • A town on the River Thames
  • [town of] : The northern Belgian town of Onkerzele
  • He moved to another part of town.
  • [the outskirts/edge of town] : A large industrial development on the edge of town
  • [be in town] : The crew was in town last week filming a new television series.
  • [be out of town] : I’ll be out of town next week.
  • [from out of town] : His girlfriend flew in from out of town.
  • We’re going into town this afternoon.
  • [the centre of town] : The hotel is conveniently situated near the centre of town.
  • Most of the town was involved with the carnival.
  • The park is owned and maintained by the town.
  • I definitely prefer town to country.
Synonyms
municipality, city, settlement, township, apple, boondocks, borough, burg, burghal, civic, divisional, hamlet, incorporated community, inner-city, local, localized, metropolis, municipal, nonrural, oppidan, seat, small town, small-town, sticks, urban, whistle-stop
Antonyms
country, farmland
Cross references
municipalitycitysettlementtownshipappleboondocksboroughburgburghalcivicdivisionalhamletincorporated communityinner-citylocallocalizedmetropolismunicipalnonruraloppidanseatsmall townsmall-townsticksurbanwhistle-stopcountryfarmland
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