City vs Townie - What's the difference?
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A large settlement, bigger than a town.
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, title= (lb) The central business district; downtown.
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(UK, US) A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university.
(US) A person born and raised in an area of who is proud of his or her Irish-American community, culture, and heritage.
(UK) A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area.
(UK) A person familiar with the town (urbanised centre of a city) and with going out on the town; a street-wise person.
(UK, pejorative) A chav.
(US) A working-class citizen in a metropolitan area.
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who lives in a city or town, or has an urban outlook.
* 1999 , Richard D. Lewis, When Cultures Collide: Managing Successfully Across Cultures ,
* 2002 , Graeme Davison, Rural Sustainability in Historical Perspective'', Chris Cocklin, Jacqui Dibden (editors), ''Sustainability and Change in Rural Australia , University Of New South Wales Press,
* 2005 , Marc Brodie, Chapter 9: The Politics of Rural Nostalgia between the Wars'', Graeme Davison, Marc Brodie (editors), ''Struggle Country: The Rural Ideal in Twentieth-Century Australia ,
* 2008 , , Blood & Tinsel: A Memoir , Melbourne University Publishing,
Townie is a antonym of city.
In uk terms the difference between city and townie
is that city is a metonym for the United Kingdom's financial industries, which are principally based in the City of London while townie is a person familiar with the town (urbanised centre of a city) and with going out on the town; a street-wise person.As a proper noun City
is a popular shortened form of the City of London, the historic core of London where the Roman settlement of Londinium was established.city
English
(wikipedia city)Alternative forms
* cyteNoun
(cities)It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city ’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
Derived terms
(Terms derived from the above definition of "city") * citify * citizen * city banker * city block * city boy * city center * city centre * city clerk * city desk * city district * city father * city girl * city hall * city limit * city line * city man * city manager * city planning * city room * city slicker * city-state * cityscape * citywide * (l) * holy city * inner city/inner-city * sister city * the city * twin city (city)See also
* metropolis * megalopolis * megacityStatistics
* 1000 English basic words ----townie
English
(wikipedia townie)Alternative forms
* towneeNoun
(en noun)page 191,
- The modern Aussie is a townie through and through. Australia is the least densely populated country on earth; it is also among the most highly urbanised.
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- In the 1940?s, a social survey of Victorian country towns found a similar gap between the interests and outlooks of farmers and townies , and an underlying fear on the part of the townsfolk.
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- In that sense, the townies , not the farmers, were the inheritors of a pioneer capacity for hard work.
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- Earlier, there would probably have been a grudge match between two townies , or locals.