new town

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.

Origin of new town

First recorded in 1915–20

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Historical Examples of 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 Motley
At one period residence and park became known as New-town, a name now obsolete.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7
Various
So, in the spring, this tiny colony went out to Salisbury new-town.
The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6
Various

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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