new town

/nu taʊn/
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Other forms: new towns

Definitions of new town
  1. noun
    a planned urban community created in a rural or undeveloped area and designed to be self-sufficient with its own housing and education and commerce and recreation
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    type of:
    populated area, urban area
    a geographical area constituting a city or town
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