Chinatown

American  

[chahy-nuh-toun] / ˈtʃaɪ nəˌtaʊn /

noun

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

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Chinatown British  

/ ˈtʃaɪnəˌtaʊn /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Chinatown

China + town

Example Sentences

That’s where “Sunset Boulevard,” several “Star Trek” movies and parts of “Chinatown” were filmed.

From Los Angeles Times

The Hollywood opening was followed in quick succession with locations in New York City’s Brooklyn, Koreatown and Chinatown neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times

Some New Hollywood auteurs were eager for experimentation: “Chinatown,” composed as a replacement score in just 11 days, was written for four pianos, four harps, and solo trumpet; while “The Conversation” was just solo piano, as lonely as the film’s melancholy protagonist, Harry Caul.

From Los Angeles Times

Our list of the 101 best Los Angeles movies is as sprawling as the city, and includes “Chinatown,” “Clueless,” “Blade Runner,” “Mulholland Drive,” “Heat,” “Pulp Fiction,” “The Big Lebowski” and “La La Land.”

From Los Angeles Times

If you’ve been here at all, you’ve certainly driven past it on your way from Mulholland Drive to Sunset Boulevard and Chinatown, a tour that references three titles that stand tall on our list, even if the plots themselves don’t make us look pretty.

From Los Angeles Times