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Meanings of market town in English

Russian
местечко
Portuguese
assentamento de tipo urbano
Catalan
miasteczko
Wikidata

Settlement smaller than a town, larger than a village.

местечко
Russian
рыночный городок
Portuguese
cidade de mercado
Catalan
ciutat de mercat
Spanish
ciudad de mercado

Legal term for European settlement that has the right to host markets.

рыночный городок
Usage of market town in English
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The Sahara Desert market town is the largest city in northern Niger.
The Guardian
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Live television pictures showed intense police activity in the remote market town.
The Irish Times
3
I grew up in a small market town in Derbyshire in Britain.
Reuters
4
She works at the baths. The municipal baths in our market town.
Magic seeds
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In every market town, in every barn, a crowd of actors met.
Shakspere and Montaigne / An Endeavour to Explain the Tendency o...
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She is employed as a milliner at the market town of Stading.
The Hand in the Dark
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They passed through a market town called Korma just after noon.
The Bone Doll's Twin
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About 10 fire crews tackled a market town blaze on Monday.
BBC
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It is in the busy but quaint South Buckinghamshire market town of Beaconsfield.
The South African
10
Its traditions are as a market town, and more specifically a cattle-trading centre.
The Irish Times
11
Once a bustling market town, Neath expanded during the industrial revolution.
The Guardian
12
An historic market town in Wiltshire has been targeted by yarn-bombers.
BBC
13
Ballymoney was the market town for my native parish of Loughguile.
The Irish Times
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Mother and daughter meet at a market town when they see each other.
The new yorker
15
We crossed our little market town of Charly amid dead silence.
My Home in the Field of Honor
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Although nominally still a market town, it is really but a large village.
Wanderings in Wessex / An Exploration of the Southern Realm from...