What does Downtown mean?
Definitions for Downtown
ˈdaʊnˈtaʊndown·town
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Princeton's WordNet
business district, downtownadjective
the central area or commercial center of a town or city
"the heart of Birmingham's downtown"
downtownadverb
of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center
"downtown Manhattan"; "delinquents roaming the downtown streets"
downtownadverb
toward or in the lower or central part of town
Wiktionary
downtownnoun
either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
downtownnoun
Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
That shot came from way downtown!
downtownadverb
in, or towards the downtown area
You need to go downtown four blocks.
downtownadjective
of, relating to, or situated in the downtown area
John walked everyday to his downtown job.
Wikipedia
Downtown
Downtown is a song composed by Tony Hatch which, as recorded by Petula Clark in 1964, became an international hit, reaching number one in Billboard Hot 100 and number two in UK Singles Chart. Hatch received the 1981 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. The song has been covered by many singers, including Dolly Parton, Emma Bunton and The Saw Doctors.
Wikidata
Downtown
Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's core or central business district, often in a geographical, commercial, or communal sense. It has been used in Australia in cities like Sydney and Melbourne and for New Zealand's main city, Auckland, as well. The term is thought to have been coined in New York City, where it was in use by the 1830s to refer to the original town at the southern tip of the island of Manhattan. As the town of New York grew into a city, the only direction it could grow on the island was toward the north, proceeding upriver from the original settlement. Thus, anything north of the original town became known as "uptown", while the original town became known as "downtown". During the late 19th century, the term was gradually adopted by cities across the United States and Canada to refer to the historical core of the city. Notably, it was not included in dictionaries as late as the 1880s. But by the early 1900s, downtown was clearly established as the proper term in American English for a city's central business district.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Downtown in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Downtown in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Downtown in a Sentence
All Americans have the right to free speech and to exercise their right to express their opinions, the Toledo police department and all law enforcement professionals did a great job yesterday protecting everyones safety in the downtown area. Like so many other Americans, we feel strongly about the views of President Trump. We will deal with this issue as a family.
I haven’t seen her, I don’t see her, she lived downtown, and now I hear she’s on the East Side and, uh, you know.
We are facing an existential threat as a downtown business. We are forced to begin a move to a safer location outside of Portland. The city’s riches will be diminished with the loss of these good citizens. I do n’t blame the campers. There are few other options for housing, there is a plague of meth and opiates and a world that offers them no hope and little assistance. In my view, where the blame clearly lies is with the City of Portland. Please continue to follow through on funded initiatives. Fulfill the many promises made to the citizens. And give these human beings back their dignity.
Our main concern is high water, highway 288 from downtown to the South Loop is closed, and we are looking at potentially closing I-20 from downtown to the West Loop and from I-10 to the Astrodome area.
I can’t tell you how many times they told me I would have to go downtown, do an overnight at jail, get mugshots.
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- middestadAfrikaans
- център на градаBulgarian
- Innenstadt, Stadtzentrum, StadtmitteGerman
- αγορά, κέντροGreek
- urbocentro, urbomezoEsperanto
- centroSpanish
- keskustaFinnish
- centre-ville, quartier d'affairesFrench
- centroGalician
- belvárosHungarian
- pusat kotaIndonesian
- miðbær, miðborgIcelandic
- centroItalian
- 町, ダウンタウン, 中心部, 中心業務地区Japanese
- ទីប្រជុំជនKhmer
- 시내, 도심Korean
- ცენტრშიKyrgyz
- media urbsLatin
- ຕົວເມືອງLao
- центарот на градотMacedonian
- downtown, binnenstadDutch
- centro, baixaPortuguese
- centruRomanian
- центр города, сити, деловая часть города, центрRussian
- innerstad, city, centrumSwedish
- merkeziTurkish
- ונטערשטאָטYiddish
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