Meaning

2 senses
  1. (sometimes)The historic district of a city or town.

    He's living in old town these days.

    She has a sunny apartment in the old town.

    Altstadt

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, town.

    St. Augustine, Florida, is a seriously old town by New World standards.

Examples

32 sentences
  1. Tom is the oldest man in town.

    ruТом - самый старый человек в городе. — marafon

  2. We went to the old town.

    ruМы отправились в старый город. — marafon

  3. The old town is surrounded by a wall.

    ruСтарый город окружён стеной. — Wezel

    deEine Mauer umgibt die Altstadt. — Espi

  4. I really like this old part of town.

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  5. The situation in the old town is relatively stable.

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
older historical part of a town or city:

Forms

plural: old towns

Word family

1 related words
Relatednew town

See also

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