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Old Town

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What does Old Town mean?

noun

  1. The historic district of a city or town.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, town.

proper noun

  1. A city in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
More meanings (2)

proper noun

  1. A village in Wadsworth parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9928).
  2. An area in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden; Gamla stan in Swedish.

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I reached the grand old town, with its antique buildings and its noble castle-- so famous in English history.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476
On my return, I saw Warwick, a pretty old town, small, and thinly inhabited, in the form of a cross.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
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The Old Town, it is pretended, is the chief characteristic, and, from a picturesque point of view, the liver-wing of Edinburgh.
Robert Louis StevensonEdinburgh: Picturesque NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #382
They are commonly let off in floors, or flats, like the houses in the old town of Edinburgh, or many houses in Paris.
Charles DickensPictures from ItalyProject Gutenberg ebook #650
"Hungry as a buzz-saw" I roll into the sleepy old town of Rothenburg at six o'clock, and, repairing to the principal hotel, order supper.
Thomas StevensAround the World on a Bicycle - Volume I From San Francisco to TeheranProject Gutenberg ebook #5136