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township

noun as in municipality

noun as in town

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So, they were still going through a lot of political struggle, and I volunteered in a township in a children’s hospital there.

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Never mind that Soweto, a township near Johannesburg, is nearly 900 miles from Robben — not Robbens — Island, which is off the coast of Cape Town.

It was signed by a developer who stood to gain from zoning changes Karcher opposed on the township council.

Pension records indicate two of them are still employed in other roles with their township.

Building an insurer “for the townships, villages and informal settlements” became a passion project.

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You stand on an unsteady pontoon bridge spanning the Tigris River in a township called Adh Dhouloueya.

And now this quiet township had also become the home of an ugly mosque controversy.

In February 2011, during a winter storm, a tree fell into a creek in Franklin Township, New Jersey, and caused flooding.

The people of Fairview Township, Pa. can finally sleep at night knowing the Ku Klux Klan is watching over them.

Mormons first came to England in 1837, just seven years after Joseph Smith founded the Church in Fayette Township, New York.

Brockton was a part of Bridgewater until 1821, when it was incorporated as the township of North Bridgewater.

But Mort knows just how many voters there are in every township and just how they line up election morning.

About the same time Warwick was divided and a new township set out under the name of Coventry.

Abercrombie—a township in the parish of Abercrombie and county of Somerset.

Summerleas—a township in the parish of Kingborough and county of Buckingham.

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On this page you'll find 89 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to township, such as: city, county, field, locality, neighborhood, and section.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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