township
/ˈtaʊnʃɪp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.
Example Sentences
- "The train is usually crowded and half the township of Forres seems to turn out to watch it go off."
- "Furthermore, everyone knows that the crops grown at Chou-Shui River are of high quality, like the rice of Siluo Township, watermelons of Erlun Township, garlic of Cihtong Township, flowers of Shijo Township, guava of Shetou Township, and so on."
- "Tondop said the township of Mendi is slowly getting back to normal."
- "In addition, the council has completed the planning of a new Coloured township on the site of the existing African township."
- "Growing up in the township of Zwide, just outside Port Elizabeth, bed for Kolisi was a pile of cushions on the living-room floor and finding enough to eat was a daily struggle. […] So, the man from the townships can certainly empathize with the pain lockdown is inflicting on the less fortunate in his country."
Etymology
From Middle English towneship, townschip, tounshipe, tunscipe, from Old English tūnsċipe (“the inhabitants of a town; township”), equivalent to town + -ship.
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Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈtaʊnʃɪp/
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