Dictionary

downtown en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdæʊ̯nˌtæʊ̯n/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand
• [ˈdaːnˌtʰaːn] Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
• (Pennsylvania, Western) audio
• [ˈdaʊ̯nˌtʰaʊ̯n] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdaːnˌtaːn/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
• (US) audio
• [ˈdæʊ̯nˌtʰæʊ̯n] Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand

Etymology

From down + town.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, usually) Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district.
   • The famed Farmers & Crafts Market on Main Street in downtown Las Cruces is a lively gathering of regional farmers, bakers, makers, jewelers, artists, food trucks and street musicians. 2025 June 26, Judith Fein, “A sunny spot where desert, mountains and cultures mix”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2025:
   • “Human flesh got stuck to me,” he recalls now, as we sit in the ambulance control centre in downtown Karachi. 2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2018:
   • John walked every day to his downtown job.

Forms

downtown en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdæʊ̯nˌtæʊ̯n/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand
• [ˈdaːnˌtʰaːn] Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
• (Pennsylvania, Western) audio
• [ˈdaʊ̯nˌtʰaʊ̯n] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdaːnˌtaːn/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
• (US) audio
• [ˈdæʊ̯nˌtʰæʊ̯n] Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand

Etymology

From down + town.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, usually) In or towards the central business district.
   • You need to go downtown four blocks.
   • When you're alone and life is making you lonely / You can always go downtown 1964, Tony Hatch, “Downtown”, performed by Petula Clark:
   • A storekeeper downtown was shot dead last evening.
2. (not-comparable, usually) Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
   • That shot came from way downtown!

Forms

Deriveds

go downtown

Translations (8)

fi keskusta- (in, or towards the central business district) · fi keskustassa oleva (in, or towards the central business district) · de in der Innenstadt (in, or towards the central business district) · de in die Innenstadt (in, or towards the central business district) · fr centre-ville (in, or towards the central business district) · pt centro (in, or towards the central business district) · sco dountoun (in, or towards the central business district) · vi dưới phố (in, or towards the central business district)

downtown en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdæʊ̯nˌtæʊ̯n/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand
• [ˈdaːnˌtʰaːn] Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
• (Pennsylvania, Western) audio
• [ˈdaʊ̯nˌtʰaʊ̯n] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdaːnˌtaːn/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
• (US) audio
• [ˈdæʊ̯nˌtʰæʊ̯n] Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand

Etymology

From down + town.

Meanings

1. (Canada, US) The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
2. (US, slang) The human genitalia.
3. (slang) Heroin.

Forms

Coordinates

southside · midtown · uptown · old town · eastside · northside · westside

Deriveds

downtowner

Synonyms

H · squish mitten · cooch · pee flap · twinkle · fur pie · whiteboy · sugar · nonny · wee-wee · nonny · stench trench · coochy · minnie · vagina · it · honeypot · henry · diamorphine · muff · coochie · gash · prat · juice box · va-jay-jay · chocha · love tunnel · muffin · beef curtains · la-la · vulva · pussy · dog food · brown · slit · pink · moocha · kebab · wizard's sleeve · town centre · whisker biscuit · cookie · ron · rat · fish lips · mott · pudendum muliebre · burger · sheath · front bottom · diacetylmorphine · old hat · pink bits · ham sandwich · vag · pee-pee · front hole · pink · minge · punani · tuppence · front bum · box · treasures · cooter · kitty · quiff · girl penis · poontang · fanny · clunge · quim · ginch · tuppence · girl · mooshoo · poontang · clam · pump · front bottom · central business district · cunny · monosyllable · gee · pussy · Grand Canyon · crevice · wee-wee · scag · city · slot · city center · Virginia · coin slot · coot · cooch · cooze · mud · bearded clam · noonie · foo-foo · cunny · moocha · honey hole · beaver · yoni · penis fly trap · kitty · bun · muff · sugar walls · minge · snapper · axe wound · nooky · coochie · twinkle · bujj · vulva · yam yam · scut · junk · slit · hair pie · brown sugar · Big H · muck · roast beef · bearded clam · boy · spider · vertical smile · quaint · fanny · gash · quim · white lady · pee-pee · punani · kebab · snatch · strange · muffin · cooter · vajay · vadge · sausage wallet · fur burger · cunt · twat · minnie · beaver · twat · trap · berk · badly packed kebab · va-jay-jay · cookie · crack · cavern · vaginer · horse · na-na · Victoria · bonne bouche · heroin · snatch · smack · ladybits · dugee · innie · Vicky · love box · vadge · crack · foo-foo · bush · cunt · vagina · axe wound · hoo-ha · dope

Translations (82)

pl centrum miasta (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · br kreiz-kêr (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ka საქმიანი ნაწილი (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · vi khu trung tâm thành phố (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · mk це́нтарот на гра́дот (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · it centro (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ast centru (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · vi khu vực trung tâm thành phố (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ja 中心部 (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · id pusat kota (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · es centro (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · fo miðbýur (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · pt baixa (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ja ダウンタウン (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · lo ຕົວເມືອງ (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ro centru n de oraș (comercial) (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ckb ناوشار (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · nl binnenstad (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · nl centrum (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · af middestad (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · tl kabayanan (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · hu belváros (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · el αγορά (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · tl gitnambalen (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · tr şehir merkezi (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · no bykjerne (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · tl bayanan (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ja 中心業務地区 (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · cmn 市中心 (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · de City (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · pt centro (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ca centre (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · la media urbs (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · tl kabalinan (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · fi keskusta (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · es downtown (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ka საქმიანი რაიონი (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · eo urbocentro (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ka ცენტრალური ნაწილი (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · arz وسط البلد (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ms pusat bandar (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · sv innerstad (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · de Stadtmitte (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ko 시내 (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ast centru urbanu (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ja 町 (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · es dauntáun (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ka ქალაქის ცენტრალური ნაწილი (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · tr kent merkezi (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · sv city (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ru центр (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · eo urbomezo (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · yi אונטערשטאָט (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · bg це́нтър на гра́да (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · sv centrum (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · cmn 中央商業區 /中央商业区 (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · es dauntaun (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · vi nội thành (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · is miðbær (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ka ქალაქის საქმიანი რაიონი (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ka ქალაქის საქმიანი ნაწილი (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · de Innenstadt (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · fi ydinkeskusta (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ru делова́я часть го́рода (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ru си́ти (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · el κέντρο (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ru центр го́рода (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · fr centre-ville (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · km ទីប្រជុំជន (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · pl śródmieście (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · nl stadscentrum (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ar وَسَطُ البَلَد (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · uk середмі́стя (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · gl centro (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · is miðborg (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · tl gitnambayan (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · de Stadtzentrum (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · es centro/núcleo urbano/ciudadano/citadino (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · fr quartier d'affaires (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · de Zentrum (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ko 도심 (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) · ka ქალაქის ცენტრი (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town)