Meaning of TOWN in Urdu

Use in sentences of شہر

Meaning of TOWN in English

• Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
• Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.
• Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
• The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
• A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
• The court end of London;-- commonly with the.
• The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
• A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

Synonyms of ‘شہر’

• شہر
  CITY, TOWN,

Antonyms of ‘شہر’

• RURAL

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