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town

[toun] / taʊn /


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Luboml, formerly in Poland and now part of Ukraine, was one such a shtetl, to use the Yiddish word for town.

From The Wall Street Journal

The plan involves establishing named local officers, targeting town centre crime and building up the presence of police in local areas.

From BBC

A teacher from a town close to the border told us she didn't care who the leader was, she just wanted the economic situation to improve.

From BBC

"Continuous supplies have been restored to the town after we implemented our recovery plan which involved keeping local booster pumps switched off for 36 hours so our drinking water storage tank could fill," he said.

From BBC

Over 250 people have been evacuated after a fire tore through an impoverished town near the famous Gangnam district in southern Seoul on Friday, authorities said.

From Barron's