Chinatown

[chahy-nuh-toun]

noun

1. the main Chinese district in any city outside China.

Chinatown

/ ˈtʃaɪnəˌtaʊn /

noun

1. a quarter of any city or town outside China with a predominantly Chinese population

Word History and Origins

Origin of Chinatown¹

China + town

Example Sentences

As the project has wound its way through various bureaucracies, some Chinatown residents have protested that the gondola would fly too low over residences, risk damaging a beloved park, and add traffic to an already congested neighborhood.

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Brockert’s pizza place is in Chinatown.

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Brockert does not necessarily share the concerns of those Chinatown neighbors.

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He believes a gondola would be cool, and it would be a welcome bonus if it generated additional foot traffic in Chinatown — and customers for him.

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"It's great news for people like us, who have relatives in China," said Chen Khoi Kui, a civil society leader in Kolkata's Chinatown district of Tangra.

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