Meanings
- A small town primarily in Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States, with small portions in Bleckley, Laurens and Twiggs Counties.
- A hamlet in the town of Alma, Allegany County, New York, United States.
- A neighbourhood of Buffalo, New York.
- 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 - A neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Origin
- EnglishAllen
- Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*duh₂-nós?
- Proto-Celtic*dūnom
- Proto-Germanic*tūną
- Proto-West Germanic*tūn
- Old Englishtūn
- Middle Englishtoun
- Englishtown
- EnglishAllentown
Cite this entry
Allentown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Allentown
“Allentown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Allentown. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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