(UK, Ireland) A town in the British and Ireland that is a member of the Transition Towns movement and is striving to develop a higher standard of living and an environmentally friendly future.

A town paired with another through town twinning.

(Britain) A town considered to be the administrative centre of a stannary region in Devon and Cornwall

A small, unimportant, place.

Alternative form of hometown

(Scotland) The settlement in which the parish church is. A church town. / A glebe.

(informal) To abscond from one's place of residence suddenly, without warning.

Alternative form of cowtown

(idiomatic, dated) A person, male or female, who is admired and very popular in local society, and who is sought after to attend parties, public events, etc.

Pertaining to a small town; provincial.