Township
11township — (n.) O.E. tunscipe inhabitants or population of a town. Applied in Middle English to manor, parish, or other division of a hundred. Specific sense of local division or district in a parish, each with a village or small town and its own church is… …
12township — ► NOUN 1) (in South Africa) a suburb or city of predominantly black occupation, formerly officially designated for black occupation by apartheid legislation. 2) S. African a new area being developed for residential or industrial use by… …
13Township — For other uses of the term township, see Township (disambiguation) The word township is used to refer to different kinds of settlements in different countries. Township is generally associated with an urban area.[citation needed] However there… …
14township — /town ship/, n. 1. a unit of local government, usually a subdivision of a county, found in most midwestern and northeastern states of the U.S. and in most Canadian provinces. 2. (in U.S. surveys of public land) a region or district approximately… …
15Township — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Township », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Township est un mot anglais qui peut… …
16township — [[t]ta͟ʊnʃɪp[/t]] townships 1) N COUNT In South Africa, a township was a town where only black people lived. ...the South African township of Soweto. ...a black township. 2) N COUNT In the United States and Canada, a township is an area of land,… …
17Township — Town|ship 〈[taʊnʃıp] n. 15; in Südafrika〉 Stadtteil, in dem ausschließlich Schwarze wohnen [<engl. town „Stadt“ + ...ship „...schaft“] * * * Town|ship [ ta̮unʃɪp ], die; , s [engl. township, zu: town = Stadt]: von Farbigen bewohnte städtische… …
18Township — Aunit of local administration established by the British during the colonial period. It was also part of the four level administrative structure defined by the Constitution of 1974: the national level, the state/division level, the township… …
19township — A political subdivision vested with certain powers of local government. 52 Am J1st Towns § 2. A territorial subdivision for school purposes, known as a school township. W. H. Dreves, Inc. v Oslo School Township, 217 Ind 388, 28 NE2d 252, 128 ALR… …
20township — UK [ˈtaʊnʃɪp] / US [ˈtaʊnˌʃɪp] noun [countable] Word forms township : singular township plural townships 1) a town in South Africa where black people were intended to live 2) an area within a county (= a division of a state) in the US or Canada… …
