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Adjective: downtown  'dawn'tawn
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center
    "downtown Manhattan"; "delinquents roaming the downtown streets"
Noun: downtown  'dawn'tawn
Usage: N. Amer
  1. The central area or commercial center of a town or city
    "the heart of Birmingham's downtown"
    - business district
Adverb: downtown  'dawn'tawn
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Toward or in the lower or central part of town
Noun: down town
Usage: N. Amer
  1. The center of a city
    - civic center [US], municipal center [US], civic centre [Brit, Cdn], municipal centre [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: downtowns, down towns

Type of: city district, hub

Antonym: uptown [N. Amer]

Part of: city, metropolis, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Down town

Downtown, Dallas, Texas Downtown, Dallas, TX Downtown, District of Columbia Downtown, Miamisburg, Ohio Downtown, Manhattan Downtown, Agoura Hills Downtown Downtown, Agoura Hills, California Downtown, Columbus Downtown, Alexandria, Egypt Downtown, Portland, Oregon Downtown, Seattle, Washington Downtown, Seattle, WA Downtown, Tacoma, Washington Downtown, Waco, Texas Downtown, Vancouver Downtown, Providence, Rhode Island Downtown, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Downtown, Rotherhithe Downtown, San Francisco, California Downtown, Sacramento, California