Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

darktown

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: dark-town
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An African-American area of a city, especially in the American South.

American usage; Dated

Example Sentences

"But I get such strong impressions of your hey day / Looking up and down old Beale Street / Ghosts of the darktown society / Come right out of the bricks at me"

Etymology

From dark + town.

Usage

American usage
Dated

Inflected Forms

darktowns (plural)

Questions

What does darktown mean?: An African-American area of a city, especially in the American South.
Where does darktown come from?: From dark + town.

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