township

CEFRB1

/ˈtaʊnʃɪp/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A town or area with its own local government.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A subdivision of a county.

Examples

  • The train is usually crowded and half the township of Forres seems to turn out to watch it go off.

  • Vienna is a township in Ohio.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.

  2. The territory of a town.

  3. A nonwhite (usually subeconomic) area attached to a city.

More examples

In context

  • Tondop said the township of Mendi is slowly getting back to normal.

  • In addition, the council has completed the planning of a new Coloured township on the site of the existing African township.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The rural blank is a small area with its own local government and elected board.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English towneship, townschip, tounshipe, tunscipe, from Old English tūnsċipe (“the inhabitants of a town; township”), equivalent to town + -ship.