Collocations withtown
These are words often used in combination withtown.
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coal town
One is a steel town, another a coal town, and one is a town made up of a number of very small industries.
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coastal town
By the fourth decade of the 19th century, it was once again an insignificant coastal town.
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colonial town
Yet the city that witnessed independence still retained many of the features that had shaped the character of the colonial town.
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farming town
Settled in 1868, it was first a farming town with a small population.
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fortified town
It was a tiny village for centuries, but became a fortified town in the 15th century.
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frontier town
She identifies the city as one which had simultaneously a 'capital' and a 'frontier town' status.
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garrison town
That is a straightforward little problem, the sort of thing which might occur in a garrison town anywhere.
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historic town
It is an important town; it is an historic town.
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incorporated town
It was once an incorporated town (1905) with schools, a train station, a saw mill, a bank, and a canning factory.
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industrial town
The coexistence of new industrial town and remnant agrarian hamlet was thus increasingly untenable.
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inland town
The needs of a resort are totally different in these respects from those of an inland town of similar size.
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isolated town
It is a somewhat isolated town which is heavily dependent on road transport due to the decline in its bus services.
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logging town
The logging town developed rapidly into a small city.
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lumber town
The town thrived as a lumber town through the early 1900s.
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medieval town
None the less, in the eyes of the contemporary beholder the medieval town was perceived as having different qualities from the encircling countryside.
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medium-sized town
That is the equivalent to a medium-sized town being wiped off the face of the earth every year.
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mill town
Manchester was never a mill town nor was cotton ever the overwhelming employer.
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mining town
Everyone knows the economic circumstances of a mining town.
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nearby town
Some of the arrieros bought and sold salt, which they would store in a nearby town.
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nearest town
There was no electricity, no running water, and the few dirt roads connecting the settlements to the nearest town turned into a quagmire after every rain.
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neighbouring town
In a neighbouring town the medical personnel has not been diminished at all.
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outlying town
But suppose that a major employer closes down in an outlying town.
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outskirts of town
Joseph is the son of a prominent local lawyer whose ' weekend farm ' consisted of a few well-watered hectares of fruit trees and farmland on the outskirts of town.
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populous town
The most populous town boasted a mere 2,000 or so inhabitants in the mid-sixteenth century.
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provincial town
Prior to 1949, it was a rather small, provincial town, largely isolated from the currents of change in other par ts of the country.
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remote town
This is because it makes it feel that a project or activity belongs to it and not to a remote town hall or to central government.
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resort town
The resort town features spring-like temperatures throughout the year, with mild summers and cool winters.
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seaport town
Particular places, a seaport town, or a pleasure resort, may show different percentages of working women as compared with other districts.
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seaside town
He represents a seaside town with a large number of elderly people.
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suburban town
Croydon, which used to be a small suburban town, is now a large commercial city.
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thriving town
It is in the middle of a thriving town centre.
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town dweller
The other side of the coin is that the 'city type's' indifference represents a cosmopolitan freedom, which is inaccessible to the town dweller.
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town plaza
It has a town plaza situated near the municipal hall.
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town square
I mean the spatial totality, in the town square, in the street, in 'cityform'; and not only that, but the space of everything around us.
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unincorporated town
As of the census of 2000, there were 104 people, 62 households, and 27 families residing in the unincorporated town.
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walled town
The walled town is at the top in the middle.
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whole town
This yielded a total for the whole town, from 1850 to 1914, of some 740 plans.
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