Chinatown

Definition

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.

Etymology

From China + town.

Example Sentences

• "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."