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new town

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new town
n.
A planned urban community designed for self-sufficiency and providing housing, educational, commercial, and recreational facilities for its residents.
new town
n
(Social Science / Human Geography) (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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Noun1.new town - a planned urban community created in a rural or undeveloped area and designed to be self-sufficient with its own housing and education and commerce and recreation
populated area, urban area - a geographical area constituting a city or town
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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new town n (Brit) → nuovo centro urbano (creato con fondi pubblici)
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He transformed it into a new town at a rate with which we boys only could keep up, for as fast as he built dams we made rafts to sail in them; he knocked down houses, and there we were crying 'Pilly
Margaret Ogilvy by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
They built a new town about two miles off, convenient to the river--and Old Welmingham, which was never much more than a village, got in time to be deserted.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
On the cliff a new town was springing up, with red brick villas round golf links, and a large hotel had recently been opened to cater for the summer visitors; but Philip went there seldom.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
 
 
 
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