"talk of the town" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-talk of the town.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} talk of the town (uncountable)
  1. A topic or person discussed by many people. Tags: uncountable Related terms: toast of the town, be on everyone's lips Translations (a topic or person discussed by many people): hamının danışdığı (Azerbaijani), tothom en va ple (Catalan), yleinen puheenaihe (Finnish), Stadtgespräch [neuter] (German), при́тча во язы́цех (prítča vo jazýcex) [feminine] (Russian), am beul a' bhaile (Scottish Gaelic), comidilla (Spanish), estar en boca de todos (Spanish), vox populi (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-talk_of_the_town-en-noun-~kMQtuV2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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