uptown

uptown
Synonyms and related words:
Bowery, Chinatown, East End, East Side, Little Hungary, Little Italy, West End, West Side, barrio, black ghetto, blighted area, burghal, business district, central city, citified, city, city center, civic, core, downtown, ghetto, greenbelt, heavenward, inner city, interurban, metropolitan, midtown, municipal, oppidan, outskirts, red-light district, residential district, run-down neighborhood, shopping center, skid road, skid row, skyward, slum, slums, suburban, suburbia, suburbs, tenderloin, tenement district, town, up, up attic, up north, up steps, upalong, uphill, uphillward, uplong, upstairs, upstream, upstreamward, upward, upwards, upwith, urban, urban blight, village

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  • Uptown — Sprache Deutsch Verlag Uptown Verlag Gm …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Uptown — (Рим,Италия) Категория отеля: Адрес: Different locations in Rome city, Трастевере, 00187 Рим …   Каталог отелей

  • Uptown — Up town , a. Situated in, or belonging to, the upper part of a town or city; as, a uptown street, shop, etc.; uptown society. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Uptown — Up*town , adv. To or in the upper part of a town; as, to go uptown. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • uptown — chiefly N. Amer. ► ADJECTIVE & ADVERB 1) of, in, or into the residential area of a town or city. 2) (as adjective ) of or characteristic of an affluent area or people. ► NOUN ▪ an uptown area …   English terms dictionary

  • uptown — [up′toun΄] adj., adv. 1. of, in, like, to, or toward the upper part of a city or town, usually the part away from the main business district 2. of, in, to, or toward the central part or business district of a town: a rural and small town usage n …   English World dictionary

  • uptown — (n.) 1802, the higher or upper portion of a town, from UP (Cf. up) + TOWN (Cf. town). As this usually was the residential portion of a town (especially a port) the word had overtones of that. Specific meaning more prosperous area of town is… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Uptown — The term uptown often refers to a specific portion of a city in contrast with the local downtown area. The uptown neighborhood or neighborhoods, separated from the city s lower or central business district, may often be residential, sometimes… …   Wikipedia

  • uptown — [[t]ʌ̱pta͟ʊn[/t]] ADV: ADV after v If you go uptown, or go to a place uptown, you go away from the centre of a town or city towards the edge. Uptown sometimes refers to a part of the city other than the main business district. [mainly AM] He rode …   English dictionary

  • uptown — uptowner, n. adv., n. /up town /; adj. /up town /, adv. 1. to, toward, or in the upper part of a town or city: He rode uptown on the bus. adj. 2. moving toward, situated in, or pertaining to the upper part of a town: Take the uptown bus. 3. of,… …   Universalium

  • uptown — up|town [ˌʌpˈtaun] adv AmE in or towards an area of a city that is away from the centre, especially one where the streets have larger numbers in their names and where people have more money →↑downtown ▪ He now lives in an apartment a little… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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