Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

old town

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.12 in modern English

Syllables
old -town
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The historic district of a city or town.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, town.

name

An area in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden; Gamla stan in Swedish.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

old towns (plural) oldtown (alternative) the Old Town (canonical)

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What does old town mean?
The historic district of a city or town.

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