"college town" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: college towns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} college town (plural college towns)
  1. A town or city that is dominated by its university population. Synonyms: university town Translations (town or city dominated by its university population): مدينة جامعه [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), unibertsitate-hiri (Basque), ciutat universitària [feminine] (Catalan), شارۆچکەی کۆلێژ (şaroçkey kolêj) (Central Kurdish), 大学城 (dàxué chéng) (Chinese Mandarin), universitetsby [common-gender] (Danish), universiteitsstad [feminine] (Dutch), ülikoolilinn (Estonian), yliopistokaupunki (Finnish), ville universitaire [feminine] (French), Universitätsstadt [feminine] (German), עיר אוניברסיטאית (Hebrew), kota perguruan tinggi (Indonesian), 大学都市 (daigaku toshi) (Japanese), 学園都市 (gakuentoshi) (Japanese), 학술도시 (haksuldosi) (Korean), 대학도시 (daehakdosi) (Korean), universitetsby (Norwegian), شهر دانشگاهی (Persian), miasto uniwersyteckie [neuter] (Polish), cidade universitária (Portuguese), oraș universitar [neuter] (Romanian), университетский город (universitetskij gorod) [masculine] (Russian), ciudad universitaria [feminine] (Spanish), universitetsstad [common-gender] (Swedish)

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          "code": "ckb",
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          "sense": "town or city dominated by its university population",
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