new town
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.20 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see new, town.
name
A suburb of Ashford, Kent, England, south-east of the town centre (OS grid ref TR0141). Also spelt Newtown.
name
A suburb of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Example Sentences
- "The government's New Towns Taskforce has also published a report listing Crews Hill, on the Hertford Loop used by Moorgate services, on a shortlist of 12 potential new towns."
- "The autumn of the year 1850 also saw the establishment of the Carriage & Wagon Department at Ashford, by which time the adjacent railway village had been extended by another sixty houses. This village at first was known as Alfred Town but later became Ashford New Town."
Usage
- British usage
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Synonyms
Newtown
Rajarhat