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Uptown en · PROPN

Etymology

Charlotte: In use since the 1890s. The name's popularity faded in the 1930s but was revived in 1973.

Meanings

  1. The central business district of Charlotte, North Carolina.
    • Its proximity to Uptown and Bank of America Stadium ensures that this park has many visitors in addition to the regular neighborhood users. 2025 December 2, Jason Frye, Moon Travel Guides, Moon North Carolina: With Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Blue Ridge Parkway, Coastal Getaways, Craft Beer & BBQ, Moon Travel, →ISBN:
    • On weekends the historic Charlotte Trolley runs from Atherton Mill in South End, through a tunnel inside the Charlotte Convention Center in Uptown, and all the way up to Ninth Street. […] Charlotte Bobcats Arena opened on Trade Street in Uptown. It is home to the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, the Charlotte Checkers minor-league hockey team, and a host of college basketball tournaments and nationally touring concerts. 2010 July 13, Craig Distl, Insiders' Guide® to Charlotte, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, pages 33, 41:
    • Corporations were moving to Charlotte, and developers were buying rundown buildings in Uptown and replacing them with condominiums. But many low-income people still lived in Uptown and surrounding areas. 2019, China Brotsky, Sarah Mendelson Eisinger, Diane Vinokur-Kaplan, Shared Space and the New Nonprofit Workplace, →ISBN, page 38:
  2. A neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Relateds

uptown

Synonyms

Bluff