Allentown

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proper noun

A small town primarily in Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States, with small portions in Bleckley, Laurens and Twiggs Counties.

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A small town primarily in Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States, with small portions in Bleckley, Laurens and Twiggs Counties.
  2. A city, the county seat of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States.

    Allentown is installing devices throughout Center City to detect gunshots, city officials said at news conference Tuesday.

    2024 January 31, Lindsay Weber, “Pa. city to install LPRs, gunshot detection devices that record video evidence”, in Police1, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2025

Origin

  1. EnglishAllen
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*duh₂-nós?
  4. Proto-Celtic*dūnom
  5. Proto-Germanic*tūną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*tūn
  7. Old Englishtūn
  8. Middle Englishtoun
  9. Englishtown
  10. EnglishAllentown

From Allen + town.

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Cite this entry
APA

Allentown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Allentown

MLA

“Allentown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Allentown. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Allentown,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Allentown.

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