town square
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town square
noun town squares
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An open area commonly found in the heart of a traditional town, used for community gatherings.
We sit at a cafe in the crisp morning air, looking down the gradually descending town square towards the gothically vertiginous fifteenth-century St Egidius church. The platz is ringed by steeply gabled pastel burghers' houses and in the centre sits the medieval town hall.
Similar: central square, city square, public square, plaza, piazza, urban square
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An online space or platform which serves a similar function.
In Saudi Arabia, where a relatively closed culture leaves citizens few public forums to discuss news and politics, Twitter has become a kind of town square, the place where citizens meet to swap information and debate the latest issues.
Similar: public square
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noun open area in a town
| Español | plaza, azogue, plaza de armas, zócalo |
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| 中文 | 城鎮廣場 /城镇广场 chéngzhèn guǎngchǎng, 市鎮廣場 /市镇广场 shìzhèn guǎngchǎng |
| Português | praça |
| Français | place |
| Deutsch | Stadtplatz |
| Italiano | piazza |
| Ελληνικά | πλατεία plateía |
noun online space
| 中文 | 網絡公共空間 /网络公共空间 wǎngluò gōnggòng kōngjiān, 線上廣場 /线上广场 xiànshàng guǎngchǎng |
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