Meaning of Chinatown | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.
2. Several neighborhoods in the United States with concentrations of Chinese people or businesses:
3. A neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
4. By extension, such a district filled with stereotypical "Chinese" people, of East Asians and Southeast Asians.
   proscribed, slang
5. A neighborhood near Downtown Los Angeles, California, United States.
6. A neighborhood of Oakland, California, United States.
7. A neighborhood of Sacramento, California, United States.
8. A neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States.
9. A neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States.
10. A neighborhood of San Jose, California, United States.
11. A neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, United States.
12. A neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.
13. A neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
14. A neighborhood of Boise, Idaho, United States.
15. A neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
16. A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
17. A neighborhood of Portland, Maine, United States,
18. A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States,
19. A neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States,
20. A neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, United States,
21. A neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, United States,
22. A neighborhood of New York City, New York, United States.
23. A neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States, also called Old Town and Skid Row
24. A neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.

Equivalents

Examples

“She grabbed his hand again and marched him under the fake Oriental archway that heralded the beginning of Chinatown.”

“Freud’s itinerary in the novel hews neatly to what he and his colleagues really did on their trip to the U.S.: They visited Chinatown and Central Park and the Met. They made it down to Coney Island, though Jung and Freud’s boat ride through the Tunnel of Love seems to be a Doctorowian flight of fancy.”

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