Meaning of Old Town | Babel Free
Definitions
- A city in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
- An area in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden; Gamla stan in Swedish.
- The historic district of a city or town.
- A village in Wadsworth parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9928).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, town.
Equivalents
Deutsch
Altstadt
Eesti
vanalinn
Suomi
vanhakaupunki
Français
vieille ville
עברית
הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה
Magyar
óváros
Lietuvių
senamiestis
Tiếng Việt
phố cổ
Examples
“He's living in old town these days.”
“She has a sunny apartment in the old town.”
“St. Augustine, Florida, is a seriously old town by New World standards.”
“The whole of the Tunnel system is controlled by the Underground Central Control Office, which is situated in Icarus House, a four-storey building in the Old Town.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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