Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tinseltown

/ˈtɪn.səlˌtaʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: tin-sel-town
IPA: /ˈtɪn.səlˌtaʊn/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Nickname for Hollywood: a district of Los Angeles, California, United States.

Slang

name

The movie industry, as found in Hollywood, and Greater Los Angeles, CA, US.

Slang

name

The film industry of the United States of America.

Slang

name

The film industry in general.

Slang

name

The Bollywood movie industry.

Indian usage; Slang

name

The Tollywood movie industry.

Indian usage; Slang

name

Nickname for Film Nagar: a neighbourhood of Hyderabad, India.

Indian usage; Informal

noun

A Christmas-themed district of a city, or a Christmas village.

Example Sentences

"There's a woman in the window / There's a bed in Tinseltown / I'll write you when it's over / Let me take this temple down"
"Bollywood is also very commonly known as both tinsel town and B-town, neither of which is listed in the dictionaries."

Etymology

From tinsel + town.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Tinsel Town (alternative) Tinsel-Town (alternative) Tinseltowns (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce tinseltown?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɪn.səlˌtaʊn/.
What does tinseltown mean?: Nickname for Hollywood: a district of Los Angeles, California, United States.
Where does tinseltown come from?: From tinsel + town.

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