uptown
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uptown¹
- /ˈʌptaʊn/ US
- /ʌpˈtaʊn/ US
Rhymes with -aʊn
noun uptowns
- The residential part of a city, which is usually away from the central business district.
- The commercial center of town (in Charlotte, North Carolina). Charlotte / Douglas International Airport, a U.S. Air hub, is about twenty minutes from uptown and is the[…]
adjective further uptown · farther uptown · more uptown · furthest uptown · farthest uptown · most uptown
- In the upper part of a town.
- Of or relating to an affluent area or population. uptown problems
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In or of the central commercial center of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Thus when he raised hell and got a toilet in uptown Charlotte for Negroes, he was not regarded as an agitator but as a public-spirited citizen.
Similar: downtown
adverb further uptown · farther uptown · more uptown · furthest uptown · farthest uptown · most uptown
- To or in the upper part of a town. Let's go uptown and try out that new restaurant.
Uptown²
Where it comes from
Charlotte: In use since the 1890s. The name's popularity faded in the 1930s but was revived in 1973.
proper noun
- The central business district of Charlotte, North Carolina. On weekends the historic Charlotte Trolley runs from Atherton Mill in South End, through a tunnel inside the Charlotte Convention Center in Uptown, and all the way up to Ninth Street. […] Charlotte Bobcats Arena opened on Trade Street in Uptown. It is home to the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, the Charlot
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A neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Similar: Bluff
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: downtown, town, size, north, northerly, liberated, tonto, midtown, inner city, upland, exurb, upcountry, suburb, transition zone, upper, suburbanhood
Translations
Every language
noun the residential part of a city
| Español | barrio residencial |
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| 中文 | 居民区 jūmínqū |
| Deutsch | Wohngebiet |
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