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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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
The 35-year-old in Germantown, Md., wanted a more aggressive alarm clock after sleeping through an important meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
I sat next to Allen and Stephanie, a couple from the Memphis suburb of Germantown.
From Slate • Nov. 6, 2025
Ted Hirsch, 63, of Boston, and Ed Gabriels, 62, of Germantown, New York, have been competing against each other for about seven years This year, Gabriels beat Hirsh in the 200-meter freestyle.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024
In the end, Jefferson estimated that it cost him nearly eighty dollars just to get to Germantown.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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