"old town" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: old towns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} old town (plural old towns)
  1. The historic district of a city or town. Translations (older historical part of a town or city): alde zahar (Basque), vanalinn (Estonian), vanhakaupunki (Finnish), vieille ville [feminine] (French), Altstadt [feminine] (German), הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה (ha'ír ha'atiqá) [feminine] (Hebrew), óváros (Hungarian), città vecchia [feminine] (Italian), centro storico [masculine] (Italian), senamiestis [masculine] (Lithuanian), gamleby [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gamleby [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), starówka [feminine] (Polish), stare miasto [neuter] (Polish), casco antiguo [masculine] (Spanish), casco viejo (Spanish), gammelstad [common-gender] (Swedish), gamlestad [common-gender] (Swedish), gamla stad [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, town. Synonyms: oldtown [rare]
    Sense id: en-old_town-en-noun-zfti2Fq0

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