old town

noun

The historic district of a city or town.

“He's living in old town these days.”

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Meanings

old town1

nounold town (plural old towns)

plural old towns · alternative oldtown

  1. sometimesThe historic district of a city or town.

    He's living in old town these days.

    1 more example

    She has a sunny apartment in the old town.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, town.

    St. Augustine, Florida, is a seriously old town by New World standards.

Old Town2

proper noun
  1. A city in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
  2. A village in Wadsworth parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9928).
proper nounthe Old Town
  1. An area in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden; Gamla stan in Swedish.

    The whole of the Tunnel system is controlled by the Underground Central Control Office, which is situated in Icarus House, a four-storey building in the Old Town.

    1963 August, W. Shepherd, “Stockholm's modern underground railway”, in Modern Railways, page 97

Translations

Basque alde zahar
  • alde zaharolder historical part of a town or city
Estonian vanalinn
  • vanalinnolder historical part of a town or city
Finnish vanhakaupunki
  • vanhakaupunkiolder historical part of a town or city
French vieille ville
  • vieille villeolder historical part of a town or city
German Altstadt
  • Altstadtolder historical part of a town or city
Hebrew הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה
  • הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה (ha'ír ha'atiqá)older historical part of a town or city
Hungarian óváros
  • óvárosolder historical part of a town or city
Italian città vecchia, centro storico
  • città vecchiaolder historical part of a town or city
  • centro storicoolder historical part of a town or city
Lithuanian senamiestis
  • senamiestisolder historical part of a town or city
Norwegian Bokmål gamleby
  • gamlebyolder historical part of a town or city
Polish starówka, stare miasto
  • starówkaolder historical part of a town or city
  • stare miastoolder historical part of a town or city
Spanish casco antiguo, casco viejo
  • casco antiguoolder historical part of a town or city
  • casco viejoolder historical part of a town or city
Swedish gammelstad, gamlestad
  • gammelstadolder historical part of a town or city
  • gamlestadolder historical part of a town or city
  • gamla stadolder historical part of a town or city
Cite this entry
APA

old town. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old%20town

MLA

“old town.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old%20town. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “old town,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old%20town.

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