township

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town·ship /ˈtaʊnʃɪp/ noun [countable]  PGTOWNa town in Canada or the US that has some local government 〔加拿大或美国享有一定地方行政权的〕区，镇区

Examples from the Corpus

township• Assistant township manager Michael Solomon said the township had not yet been officially notified of the sale Wednesday afternoon.• the black township of Soweto• The population of Dronfield township had grown steadily from 1,182 in 1801 to 2,998 in 1861.• This was then compared with the known user list for each township.• The conference also decided to establish defence committees to protect township residents against attack.• The small townships and villages of the backlands thus lived in isolation, largely self-sufficient and introspective.• Both agencies, however, said they would move forward with the option the township selects.• It is now a thriving township of 12,000 people in the heart of the country's best agricultural land.• Wyatt asked what township it was, and the kid said it was Harrisonville, at least he thought so.

town·ship nounChineseSyllable  

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township
town‧ship /ˈtaʊnʃɪp/ noun [countable]
a town in Canada or the US that has some local government

town·shipBrE /ˈtaʊnʃɪp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtaʊnʃɪp/ 🔊 noun(in South Africa in the past) a town or part of a town that black people had to live in, and where only black people lived （旧时南非的）黑人城镇，黑人居住区(in the US or Canada) a division of a county that is a unit of local government 镇区（美国和加拿大县以下一级的地方政府）