downtown

English Online Dictionary. What means downtown‎? What does downtown mean?

English

Etymology

From down +‎ town.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: down‧town
• Rhymes: -aʊn

Adjective

downtown (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district

Adverb

downtown (not comparable)

1. In or towards the central business district.
2. (basketball) Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.

Derived terms

• go downtown

Translations

Noun

downtown (plural downtowns)

1. (chiefly US, Canada) The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.

   Synonyms: city center, town centre, central business district, (Australia) city

2. (US, slang) The human genitalia.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vulva, Thesaurus:vagina

3. (slang) heroin.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:heroin

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• uptown
• oldtown

References

• “downtown n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
• Eric Partridge (2005) “downtown”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 647.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English downtown.

Noun

downtown m (invariable)

1. downtown (financial district)

   Synonym: city