"new town" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: new towns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} new town (plural new towns)
  1. A planned community or urban development area.
    Sense id: en-new_town-en-noun-WvvUYNDz
  2. (UK) A town built to address housing shortages after World War II. Tags: UK Categories (place): Towns
    Sense id: en-new_town-en-noun-6ddfxG2y Disambiguation of Towns: 7 82 10 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 89 2
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see new, town.
    Sense id: en-new_town-en-noun-Y5-04Jq9

Inflected forms

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