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As nouns the difference between town and coun

is that town is a settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city while coun is abbreviation of lang=en.

town

English

Noun

(wikipedia town) (en noun)
  • A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-10, author=Audrey Garric
    • , volume=188, issue=22, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field. In Paris 22 hectares of roof have been planted, out of a potential total of 80 hectares.}}
  • Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Judge Short had gone to town , and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.}}
  • A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
  • The residents (as opposed to (gown): the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
  • (label) (Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion).
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=I had occasion
  • (label) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
  • (label) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.
  • (label) The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
  • (label) A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.
    • (Palsgrave)
  • A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

    • Usage notes

    An urban city is typically larger than a rural town, which in turn is typically larger than a village. In rural areas, a town'' is considered urban. In urban areas, a ''town is considered suburban; a village in the suburbs.

    Derived terms

    * boom town/boomtown * company town * county town * cow town * cross town/cross-town/crosstown * downtown * ghost town * go to town * hometown * in town * jerkwater town * man about town * market town * new town * on the town * one-horse town * only game in town * out of town * paint the town red * post town * satellite town * shanty town * shire town * skip town * small-town * talk of the town * toast of the town * town and gown * town ball * town car * town center/town centre * town-crier * townee * towner * town gas * town hall/townhall * town house/townhouse * townhome * townie * townland * townless * townlet * town planning * townsfolk * township * townsman * town square * town twinning * townwide * twin town * uptown * (town)

    See also

    * urban * suburban * rural

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    Anagrams

    * * 1000 English basic words

    coun

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • * 1866 , “Appendix to Report of the Minister of Agriculture and Statistics: The Blue Book; or, Statement of the Public Service of Canada for the year 1864”, in Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada , volume 26, page 7:
    • Entered service of Leg. Coun.' of U. C. May, 1822. Appointed Clerk Asst. to Leg. ' Coun. in 1841—Master in Chancery in 1851.
  • * 1922 July 1, in A. Precott Folwell (editor), Public Works , Volume 53, Number 1, page 13:
    • Ind., Goshen— Elkhart Co. Coun. approved road building program requiring $347,200 bond issue for hard surf. roads.
  • * 2003 , , Absolute Friends , ][http://www.amazon.com/Absolute-Friends-John-Carre/dp/0316159395 Little, Brown and Company (2004), ISBN 978-0-316-15939-5, page 176:
    • “And we work full-time with the Brit. Coun. ?”