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some regions, towns are formally defined by legal charters or government designations, while in others, the term is used informally. Towns typically feature
the NBA Three-Point Contest in 2022. Towns was born in Edison, New Jersey to an African-American father, Karl Towns Sr., and a Dominican mother, Jacqueline
IBM PC compatibles. In 1993, the FM Towns Marty was released; it is a game console compatible with existing FM Towns games. The "FM" part of the name means
William Towns (25 July 1936 – 7 June 1993) also known as Bill Towns, was an English car designer, most known for his designs for Aston Martin, including
is no official Five Towns designation, "the basic five are Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett and Inwood." Each of these "towns" has a consecutive
paper town in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Paper Towns or Papertown may refer to: Paper Towns (novel), a 2008 novel by John Green Paper Towns (film)
as asbestos and lead. Ghost towns are found on every continent, including Antarctica. Africa and the Middle East have towns abandoned because of conflict
Water towns, also called canal towns (水乡), are certain ancient and historic towns in China known for their bridges, rivers, and canals. Such towns exist
New York, Towns was chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee from 2009 to 2011. During his 30 years in Congress, Towns represented
Sundown towns, also known as sunset towns, gray towns, or sundowner towns, were all-White municipalities or neighborhoods in the United States and Canada
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English
English : variant of Ralph.A Francis Rawle from the parish of St. Juliot in Cornwall, England, was recorded as living in Plymouth, MA, in 1660. Devout Quakers seeking to escape persecution, the family emigrated to PA in 1686, bringing with them a deed from William Penn for a tract of 2,500 acres of land, which was subsequently located in Plymouth township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) Co. His son, who had six sons himself, was a political economist and one of the first people to write on the subject and its local applications in America.
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English (northern) and Scottish
English (northern) and Scottish : variant of Town.
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived at the extremity of a village, from Middle English toun ‘village’, ‘settlement’ + ende ‘end’.
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English
English : unexplained.
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American, British, English
From the End of the Town
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English
English : patronymic from a pet form of the personal name Thomas.
Male
Hebrew
(ש×ָמִיר) Hebrew name SHAMIYR means "a sharp point," hence "thorn." In the bible, this is the name of two towns.
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Latin American
Townsman; citizen; of the city.
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English (Merseyside and Cheshire)
English (Merseyside and Cheshire) : probably a habitational name from a place in Cheshire named Big Low in the township of Rainbow. This place name is not on early record; it means ‘big mound’, from early Modern English big + low ‘mound’, ‘hill’ (Old English hlÄw).
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English
English : probably an altered form of Townsend.
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English
English : patronymic from Mann 1 and 2.Irish : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó MainnÃn ‘descendant of MainnÃn’, probably an assimilated form of MainchÃn, a diminutive of manach ‘monk’. This is the name of a chieftain family in Connacht. It is sometimes pronounced Ó MaingÃn and Anglicized as Mangan.Anstice Manning, widow of Richard Manning of Dartmouth, England, came to MA with her children in 1679. Her great-great-grandson Robert, born at Salem, MA, in 1784, was the uncle and protector of author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Another early bearer of the relatively common British name was Jeffrey Manning, one of the earliest settlers in Piscataway township, Middlesex Co., NJ. His great-grandson James Manning (1738–91) was a founder and the first president of Rhode Island College (Brown University).
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English
English : variant spelling of Fry.North German : variant of Frey.Joseph Frye (1711/12–94) was a military officer from Andover, MA, where the family had long been of local prominence. In 1762, he was granted a township in ME, later named Fryeburg after him, and moved his family there. His great-great-grandson William Pierce Frye was born in Lewiston, ME, and served in Congress, first as a member of the House of Representatives and then the Senate from 1871 until his death in 1911.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic or habitational name for residence on or near land covered with ash trees. There are minor places called Ashland(s) in Hampshire and Leicestershire, Staffordshire, and Galloway. Asland, a river name in Lancashire, refers to the lower reaches of what is more generally known as the Douglas river. It is named from Old Norse askr ‘ash’ + Old English lanu ‘lane’.Americanized form of Norwegian Ask(e)land (see Askeland).Probably an Americanized form of the common French Canadian name Asselin. Compare Ashline.In the U.S., Ashland is the name of two counties and at least thirteen cities, towns, and villages. Most, perhaps all, were named after Ashland in Lexington, KY, home of Henry Clay (1777–1852), who is said to have named his estate from a characteristic feature of the site, not from anyone’s surname.
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English
English : variant of Townley. In Ulster this is sometimes used synonymously with Tinsley.
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English
English : probably an old form of Townson, as recorded in the 16th century.
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English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : variant of Townsend.
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English (Sussex)
English (Sussex) : topographic name for one who lived in a township or village, Middle English toun, + -er, a characteristic topographic ending of Sussex surnames.English (Sussex) : occupational name for a toll taker or tax collector, from tolnere, an agent derivative of Middle English toll ‘tax’, ‘payment’. Compare Toller.
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English
English : topographic name or habitational name from a dialect variant of Old and Middle English toft ‘curtilage’, ‘site’, ‘homestead’, also applied to a low hillock where a homestead used to be. Compare Toft.Robert Taft (b. about 1640), lived in Braintree, MA, and subsequently Mendon, MA. Alphonso Taft (1810–91), jurist and politician born in Townshend, VT, was the father of William Howard Taft (1857–1930), 27th president of the U.S. and chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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American, British, English, Jamaican
Tall; Surname; Lake Between Two Towns; Ringing of Bells
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English
English : habitational name from any of various places, in Bedfordshire, Merseyside, and Nottinghamshire, so named from Old English eofor ‘wild boar’ + tūn ‘settlement’.Described as being from Kent, England, Walter Everendon (d. 1725) was a colonial gunpowder manufacturer who ran a mill in Neponset in the township of Milton, across the river from Dorchester, MA. The first person to make gunpowder in America, Everendon eventually took majority interest in the mill and sold out to his son. The family, which also spelled their name Everden and Everton, continued to manufacture powder until after the Revolution.
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Indian
Happy Eye
Female
Chamoru
, pretty fan-tail flycatcher.
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Irish
Bard.
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American, British, English, Teutonic
Lives in the Beautiful Glen
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American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Irish, Jamaican
To Prick; Holly Grove; Shrub with Red Berries; Evergreen
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Afghan, Arabic, Australian, Celebrity, Gujarati, Indian, Kannada, Muslim, Tamil
Happy; Beautiful; Traveller; A Bird; Princess; The One that Always Prays
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Tamil
Jayaganesh | ஜயகணேஷ
Victory person
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Hindu
Born in month of Shravan, Goddess Parvati
Girl/Female
Tamil
Hamsadeepika | ஹமஸாதீபிகா
Name of a Raga
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Hindu, Indian
Prince of Earth
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a.
Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished.
n.
A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.
n.
One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.
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The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people; townsfolk.
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An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another.
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A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies.
n.
Originally, the title of a military commander in various Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns or provinces. It was assumed for a time by the rulers of Moldavia and Wallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars, and has also been given to some inferior Turkish officers.
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An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands.
v.
In the public land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive meridian lines six miles apart.
n.
In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.
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In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.
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A townsman.
pl.
of Townsman
a.
Having towns; containing many towns.
adv. & prep.
A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
n.
The district or territory of a town.
n.
The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns.
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A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county.
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The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.
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One of the portions, of one square mile each, into which the public lands of the United States are divided; one thirty-sixth part of a township. These sections are subdivided into quarter sections for sale under the homestead and preemption laws.