Chinatown

[ chahy-nuh-toun ]

noun
  1. the main Chinese district in any city outside China.

Origin of Chinatown

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Words Nearby Chinatown

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How to use Chinatown in a sentence

  • Well, somebody ought to haul him out of that hole down in—in Chinatown, or the Bowery, or wherever it is.

    The Silver Poppy | Arthur Stringer
  • Their whole barbaric East, he told himself, was only a Chinatown slum on a large scale.

    The Shadow | Arthur Stringer
  • While still in Chinatown, passing a narrow alley, he was startled by two dark figures leaping at him from the dark.

    Mystery Wings | Roy J. Snell
  • What'll it be tonight; a ten-cent show or Chinatown once more?

  • I've seen Chinatown people behaving better than—than we have.

    Under the Law | Edwina Stanton Babcock

British Dictionary definitions for Chinatown

Chinatown

/ (ˈtʃaɪnəˌtaʊn) /


noun
  1. a quarter of any city or town outside China with a predominantly Chinese population

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