downtown

/dˈaʊntˈaʊn/

downtown

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Definition

Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district.

Etymology

From down + town.

Example Sentences

  • "John walked every day to his downtown job."
  • "“Human flesh got stuck to me,” he recalls now, as we sit in the ambulance control centre in downtown Karachi."
  • "The famed Farmers & Crafts Market on Main Street in downtown Las Cruces is a lively gathering of regional farmers, bakers, makers, jewelers, artists, food trucks and street musicians."
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