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Definition 2024

See also: down-town

downtown ‎(comparative more downtown, superlative most downtown)

of, relating to, or situated in the downtown area
John walked everyday to his downtown job.

downtown ‎(comparative more downtown, superlative most downtown)

in, or towards the downtown area
You need to go downtown four blocks.
(basketball) Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
That shot came from way downtown!

(basketball): outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket

downtown ‎(plural downtowns)

(chiefly US, Canada) The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.

(business center of a municipality):

either the lower, or the business center of a city or town

Afrikaans: middestad
Bulgarian: це́нтър на гра́да m ‎(céntǎr na gráda)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 市中心 (zh) ‎(shìzhōngxīn), 中央商業區, 中央商业区 ‎(zhōngyāng shāngyèqū)
Dutch: binnenstad (nl) m, stadscentrum (nl) n, centrum (nl) n
Esperanto: urbocentro, urbomezo
Finnish: keskusta (fi), ydinkeskusta (fi)
French: centre-ville (fr) m, quartier d'affaires m
Galician: centro (gl) m
Georgian: ქალაქის ცენტრალური ნაწილი ‎(kalakis cenṭraluri nac̣ili), ქალაქის საქმიანი ნაწილი ‎(kalakis sakmiani nac̣ili), ქალაქის საქმიანი რაიონი ‎(kalakis sakmiani raioni), ცენტრალური ნაწილი ‎(cenṭraluri nac̣ili), საქმიანი ნაწილი ‎(sakmiani nac̣ili), საქმიანი რაიონი ‎(sakmiani raioni), ქალაქის ცენტრი ‎(kalakis cenṭri)
German: Stadtmitte (de) f, Innenstadt (de) f, Stadtzentrum (de) n, Zentrum (de) n
Greek: αγορά (el) f ‎(agorá), κέντρο (el) n ‎(kéntro)
Hungarian: belváros (hu)
Icelandic: miðborg f, miðbær m
Indonesian: pusat kota
Italian: centro (it) m

Japanese: ダウンタウン ‎(dauntaun), 町 (ja) ‎(まち, machi), 中心部 ‎(ちゅうしんぶ, chūshinbu), 中心業務地区 ‎(ちゅうしんぎょうむちく, chūshin gyōmu chiku)
Khmer: ទីប្រជុំជន ‎(tibrachoumchon)
Korean: 시내 (ko) ‎(sinae), 도심 (ko) ‎(dosim)
Kurdish:
Sorani: ناوشار
Lao: ຕົວເມືອງ ‎(tūa mư̄ang)
Latin: media urbs f
Macedonian: це́нтарот на гра́дот n ‎(céntarot na grádot)
Malay: pusat bandar
Portuguese: centro (pt), baixa (pt) f
Romanian: centru (ro) n (comercial) de oraș
Russian: центр (ru) m ‎(centr), центр го́рода m ‎(centr góroda), делова́я часть го́рода f ‎(delovája častʹ góroda), си́ти m ‎(síti)
Spanish: centro (es) m, centro de ciudad m
Swedish: innerstad (sv), centrum (sv), city (sv)
Tagalog: bayanan, gitnambayan, gitnambalen, kabayanan, kabalinan
Turkish: şehir merkezi (tr), kent merkezi
Yiddish: אונטערשטאָט f ‎(untershtot)

downtown m ‎(invariable)