township
IPA: tˈaʊnʃɪp
noun
- The territory of a town.
- (US, Canada) A subdivision of a county.
- (South Africa, Pre 1994) An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.
- (South Africa, Post 1994) A nonwhite (usually subeconomic) area attached to a city.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A small town.
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Examples of "township" in Sentences
- MONDELLO: Without the word township, that could be Cleveland, no?
- The township is interested, but the approval process is slow and may take a years.
- The concept of township is very important for the aluminum plants. posted by Neel @ 12: 58 PM
- De Monchy, who was a guest at the party in Coromandel township, is programme manager for DOC's Moehau Kiwi Sanctuary on the peninsula and knew the significance of the find.
- Marriage, housing, schooling, jobs - everything was relevant to your racial classification: so, for example, a black parent might be forced to live in a different township from the white other parent and their colored children.
- Of course, the gentlemen of Wilmington would never initiate violence, but we can hold no trust in Shropshire, whose tempers are so heated that their township is under a curfew, while the gentlemen of Wilmington carry on after dark as we please.
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