township

Definition

The territory of a town.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "The train is usually crowded and half the township of Forres seems to turn out to watch it go off."
• "Furthermore, everyone knows that the crops grown at Chou-Shui River are of high quality, like the rice of Siluo Township, watermelons of Erlun Township, garlic of Cihtong Township, flowers of Shijo Township, guava of Shetou Township, and so on."
• "Tondop said the township of Mendi is slowly getting back to normal."