town twinning

noun

The pairing of towns or cities from geographically distinct areas, in order to foster human contact and cultural links.

Meanings

nountown twinning (countable and uncountable, plural town twinnings)

plural town twinnings

  1. countableuncountableThe pairing of towns or cities from geographically distinct areas, in order to foster human contact and cultural links.

Translations

Arabic توأمَة مدن
  • توأمَة مدنpairing of towns or cities
Bulgarian побратимен град
  • побратимен градpairing of towns or cities
Catalan agermanament
  • agermanamentpairing of towns or cities
Chinese Mandarin 友好城市
  • 友好城市 (yǒuhǎo chéngshì)pairing of towns or cities
Dutch partnerstad
  • partnerstadpairing of towns or cities
Esperanto ĝemeliĝo
  • ĝemeliĝopairing of towns or cities
French jumelage
  • jumelagepairing of towns or cities
German Städtepartnerschaft
  • Städtepartnerschaftpairing of towns or cities
Hebrew ערים תאומות
  • ערים תאומותpairing of towns or cities
Hungarian testvérváros
  • testvérvárospairing of towns or cities
Italian gemellaggio
  • gemellaggiopairing of towns or cities
Japanese 姉妹都市
  • 姉妹都市 (shimai toshi)pairing of towns or cities
Latin coniunctio communium
  • coniunctio communiumpairing of towns or cities
Polish tworzenie miast partnerskich
  • tworzenie miast partnerskichpairing of towns or cities
Portuguese geminação
  • geminaçãopairing of towns or cities
Russian породнённые города́, города́-побрати́мы
  • породнённые города́ (porodnjónnyje gorodá)pairing of towns or cities
  • города́-побрати́мы (gorodá-pobratímy)pairing of towns or cities
Swedish vänort
  • vänortpairing of towns or cities
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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