Germantown
Americannoun
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a NW section of Philadelphia, Pa.: American defeat by British 1777.
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a town in SW Tennessee.
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a town in SE Wisconsin.
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Informal. any U.S. city neighborhood heavily populated with persons of German descent.
Example Sentences
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Rollins and Pearson’s Tribeca apartment was six blocks from the towers and, after evacuating, they moved full-time to their house in Germantown, N.Y.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Max Moran, a 23-year-old across the Ohio state line in Germantown, Kentucky, who shares activism tips with Sharp and Baker in their Facebook messaging group, said he hasn’t used chatbots much for his research.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
I sat next to Allen and Stephanie, a couple from the Memphis suburb of Germantown.
From Slate • Nov. 6, 2025
Kelsey, a 45-year-old attorney from Germantown, was first elected to the General Assembly in 2004 as a state representative.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023
Kappe had plans to create his own "Germantown," only bigger.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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