Allentown

American  

[al-uhn-toun] / ˈæl ənˌtaʊn /

noun

1. a city in E Pennsylvania.

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Allentown British  

/ ˈælənˌtaʊn /

noun

1. a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Lehigh River. Pop: 105 958 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

The country’s second-largest waste firm, Republic is emphasizing plastic recycling and building the third of four planned polymer centers in Allentown, Pa.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet “Allentown” also poses a pretty sophisticated critique of the social and political forces converging on a generation of Americans promised prosperity only to find a flag thrown in their face.

From Los Angeles Times

Even optimistic estimates suggest these moves will take time to show any results, but Aziz Wehbey, a Syrian-American Republican voter in Allentown, Pennsylvania, said he was pleased by what he had seen so far.

From BBC

Allentown, Pa.; or West Palm Beach, Fla., had suddenly picked up and moved en masse.

From Los Angeles Times

"It's simple, really. We liked the way things were four years ago," said Samuel Negron, a Pennsylvania state constable and member of the large Puerto Rican community in the city of Allentown.

From BBC