town - an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work"Actium - the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC municipality - an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government burg - colloquial American term for a town; "I've lived in this burg all my life" boom town - a town enjoying sudden prosperity ghost town - a deserted town (especially in Western United States) hometown - the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again" Main Street - any small town (or the people who inhabit it); generally used to represent parochialism and materialism (after a novel by Sinclair Lewis); "Main Street will never vote for a liberal politician" market town - a (usually small) town where a public market is held at stated times Jalalabad - a town in eastern Afghanistan (east of Kabul) Batna - a town in north central Algeria Djanet - a desert town in southeastern Algeria Hippo, Hippo Regius - an ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria Reggane - a town in central Algeria Timgad - an ancient town founded by the Romans; noted for extensive and well-preserved ruins Timimoun - a town in central Algeria in the Atlas Mountains Nogales - a town in northern Mexico on the border of Arizona Santa Maria del Tule - a town in southeastern Mexico near Oaxaca; site of Ahuehuete, a giant Montezuma cypress Pilsen, Plzen - a town in Czech Republic where Pilsner beer originated Austerlitz - a town in Czech Republic; site of the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805 Viborg - a town of Denmark in north central Jutland Massawa - a port town in Eritrea on an inlet of the Red Sea Cnossos, Cnossus, Knossos - an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC Actium - an ancient town on a promontory in western Greece Accho, Akka, Akko, Acre - a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean Nazareth - a historic town in northern Israel that is mentioned in the Gospels as the home of Joseph and Mary Anzio - a town of central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea; the Allies established a beachhead at Anzio in World War II Tibur, Tivoli - a town twenty miles east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name); a summer resort during the Roman empire; noted for its waterfalls Nanaimo - a town in southwestern British Columbia on Vancouver Island west of Vancouver Churchill - a Canadian town in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay; important port for shipping grain Yellowknife - a town in the Northwest Territories in northern Canada on the Great Slave Lake Kingston - a town in southeast Ontario on Lake Ontario near the head of the Saint Lawrence River Dawson - a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike Wagga Wagga - a town on the Murrumbidgee River in New South Wales; agricultural trading center Bath - a town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains Blackpool - a resort town in Lancashire in northwestern England on the Irish Sea; famous for its tower |