| location | a point or extent in space |
localization
localisation
location locating fix | a determination of the place where something is, he got a good fix on the target |
city planning
town planning
urban planning | determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community |
placement
location locating
position
positioning
emplacement | the act of putting something in a certain place |
| location | a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made, they shot the film on location in Nevada |
peripheral
computer peripheral
peripheral device | (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer, disk drives and printers are important peripherals |
| Potemkin village | something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance |
row house
town house | a house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls |
| town hall | a government building that houses administrative offices of a town government |
peripheral nervous system
systema nervosum periphericum | the section of the nervous system lying outside the brain and spinal cord |
| peripheral vision | vision at the edges of the visual field using only the periphery of the retina |
| talk talk of the town | idle gossip or rumor, there has been talk about you lately |
change of location
travel | a movement through space that changes the location of something |
town
townspeople
townsfolk | the people living in a municipality smaller than a city, the whole town cheered the team |
village
small town
settlement | a community of people smaller than a town |
| town meeting | government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters |
| town meeting | a meeting of the inhabitants of a town |
civic center
municipal center
down town | the center of a city |
county town
shire town | the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire |
| new town | a planned urban community created in a rural or undeveloped area and designed to be self-sufficient with its own housing and education and commerce and recreation |
| town | an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city, they drive through town on their way to work |
| boom town | a town enjoying sudden prosperity |
cow town
cowtown | a small town in a cattleaising area of western North America |
| ghost town | a deserted settlement (especially in western United States) |
| market town | a (usually small) town where a public market is held at stated times |
township
town | an administrative division of a county, the town is responsible for snow removal |
village
hamlet | a settlement smaller than a town |
| village green | a village park consisting of a plot of grassy land |
| George Town | the capital of the Cayman Islands |
| Cape Town | port city in southwestern South Africa, the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South Africa |
Boston
Hub of the Universe
Bean Town
Beantown
capital of Massachusetts | state capital and largest city of Massachusetts, a major center for banking and financial services |
Greenwich Village
Village | a mainly residential district of Manhattan, `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the th century |
playboy
man-about-town
Corinthian | a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure |
| town clerk | the official who keeps a town's records |
town crier
crier | (formerly) an official who made public announcements |
Town
Ithiel Town | United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (-) |
periphery
fringe
outer boundary | the outside boundary or surface of something |
| town gas | coal gas manufactured for domestic and industrial use |
skip town
take a powder | disappear without notifying anyone (idiom) |
| peripheral | on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary, the outer area, Russia's peripheral provinces, peripheral suburbs |
| out-of-town | happening in or being of another town or city, an out-of-town tryout, an out-of-town school |
crosstown
cross-town | going or extending across a town or city, the crosstown bus, crosstown traffic |
| peripheral | related to the key issue but not of central importance, a peripheral interest, energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy, peripheral issues |
there
at that place
in that location | in or at that place, they have lived there for years, it's not there, that man there |