Chinatown

[ chahy-nuh-toun ]

/ ˈtʃaɪ nəˌtaʊn /

noun

the main Chinese district in any city outside China.

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Origin of Chinatown

China + town

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Example sentences from the Web for chinatown

Further along the sofa, and tranquilly silent, sat Amy Li, whose Chinatown gallery is housing Net Band Command.
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Chinatown, for instance, is a kind of smart trickery that is rewarding.
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Fung Wah is the best-known Chinatown bus company—a cultural icon for those of a certain age and demographic.
The Government’s Cheap, Dishonest Campaign Against the Chinatown Bus Industry|Jim Epstein|November 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Not so long ago, the Chinatown bus industry was subject to fierce price wars.
The Government’s Cheap, Dishonest Campaign Against the Chinatown Bus Industry|Jim Epstein|November 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Everybody already knew there were Chinese in Chinatown and Italians in Little Italy.
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On the very first day of his holidays he was become the central figure of a Chinatown drama.
Tales of Chinatown|Sax Rohmer
Why, yesterday, when he was supposed to be in Burlingame, Clara had seen him in Chinatown.
The Coast of Chance|Esther Chamberlain
San Francisco's famous Chinatown, the greatest settlement of the Celestials on this continent, went down like a house of cards.
The San Francisco Calamity|Various
They approached the center of Chinatown, keeping in 124 the shadows whenever possible.
The Gray Phantom's Return|Herman Landon
She is the daughter of a rich Pekin Mandarin, who has sold her to an equally rich merchant here in Chinatown.
The Bradys After a Chinese Princess|Francis Worcester Doughty

British Dictionary definitions for chinatown

Chinatown

/ (ˈtʃaɪnəˌtaʊn) /

noun

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

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