walled town

collocation in English

meaningsofwalledandtown

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walled
adjective
uk
/wɔːld/us
/wɑːld/
surrounded by ...
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town
noun
uk
/taʊn/us
/taʊn/
a place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than ...
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(Definition ofwalledandtownfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thewalledtownis at the top in the middle.
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The small square area in the city on the left is the originalwalledtown.
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Before 1850, newcomers had to find a place to live within thewalledtown.
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The inhabitants of a mythic medievalwalledtownin the mountains marvel at the "tender ways" and "patient eyes" of a scarred traveller who visits their market.
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It is a mediaevalwalledtown, almost complete.
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This position (which was in fact awalledtownsurrounded by 13 forts) had already been bombarded and set on fire by areoplanes on previous days.
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Berwick is increasingly recognised as awalledtownof international significance, although the cost of maintaining its great stock of listed buildings is beyond its means.
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The town became a small medievalwalledtown.
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Podolnec was at that time awalledtownwith its own castle.
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It was awalledtown, known for its export trade in rapeseed, grain and cotton.
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He also founded awalledtownnear the castle.
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It was originally a suburb south of the oldwalledtown.
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Thus free and independent, the city became awalledtown.
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Mdina is a medievalwalledtownsituated on a hill in the centre of the island.
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It has been awalledtownas far as its history can be traced.
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Residents of thewalledtownand nearby farms and villages gathered at the location to raise the meteorite from its impact hole and began removing pieces of the meteorite.
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Alzira has historically been awalledtown, surrounded by palm, orange and mulberry groves, and by low-lying rice-swamps, which rendered its neighborhood somewhat unhealthy.
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Montone is a walled medieval village with a small industrial and housing estate surrounding thewalledtowncenter.
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