new town
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noun
(sometimes initial capital letters) a comprehensively planned, self-sufficient urban community that provides housing, educational, recreational, and commercial facilities and often serves to absorb residents from a nearby overcrowded metropolis.
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Nearby words
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Origin of new town
First recorded in 1915–20
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Examples from the Web for new town
So, in the spring, this tiny colony went out to Salisbury new-town.
The cavalry was posted on the opposite side of the city, along the Horse-market, and fronting the "New-town."
The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume III.(of III) 1574-84|John Lothrop MotleyAt one period residence and park became known as New-town, a name now obsolete.
British Dictionary definitions for new town
new town
noun
(in Britain) a town that has been planned as a complete unit and built with government sponsorship, esp to accommodate overspill population
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