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Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.
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Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
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Still the most common word for referring to Cambridge, presumably partly because it only became a City in 1951 but probably mainly because it's entrenched in common phrases such as Town and Gown and Townie. - Town
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an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work"
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A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
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a territorial and political unit with its own local history, civil society, and civil government, all of which is often inadequately described by the traditional term "community
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It is Boucherville, named after Pierre Boucher. He settled there in 1667 after resigning his post of Governor of Trois-Rivières. At the time of his arrival, the territory of the future town was called the Seigneurie des Iles-Percées, and it was the property of Pierre Boucher. Boucherville is located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, facing the island of Montréal. (sources: Nos Racines, DBC, CEC Jeunesse)
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Refers to Aberdeen, or any shore base you are working out of.
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Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
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A house ruled by a Lord Mayor.
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steading (farmhouse outbuildings), with the houses of cotters (cottars).
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The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
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The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
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a construction of the state and exists at the pleasure of the Legislature
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a formative suffix, a diminuitive settlement; often a name given to a cluster of houses of kinsfolk: Garnertown, Bobtown.
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A commercial nucleus offering a wide range of services and a large number of shops, often several of the same type. Depending on size, the residential area can be relatively compact or (in addition) dispersed in clusters on the periphery.
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An urban settlement with a variety of functions and services.
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a living entity and new people help it grow
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an agglomeration of shacks, buildings and people that keeps getting thicker until you actually have to slow your vehicle
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a place where people live, and die
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Keywords: Comedy, Whodunit, Mustan, Abbas, Duo
an average movie
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a suspense comedy directed by the distinguished director duo of Abbas-Mustan
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a whodunit, but it comes across as a regular masala movie, with emphasis on songs, romance and comedy
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