Chinatown

English

Etymology

China + -town.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃaɪnətaʊn/
  • (US) enPR: chīʹnə-toun', IPA(key): /ˈtʃaɪnəˌtaʊn/
  • Hyphenation: Chi·na·town

Noun

Chinatown (plural Chinatowns)

  1. A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.
  2. (proscribed, slang) By extension, such a district filled with stereotype "Chinese" people, of East Asians and Southeast Asians.

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Finnish

Noun

Chinatown

  1. Chinatown

Declension

Inflection of Chinatown (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Chinatown Chinatownit
genitive Chinatownin Chinatownien
partitive Chinatownia Chinatowneja
illative Chinatowniin Chinatowneihin
singular plural
nominative Chinatown Chinatownit
accusative nom. Chinatown Chinatownit
gen. Chinatownin
genitive Chinatownin Chinatownien
partitive Chinatownia Chinatowneja
inessive Chinatownissa Chinatowneissa
elative Chinatownista Chinatowneista
illative Chinatowniin Chinatowneihin
adessive Chinatownilla Chinatowneilla
ablative Chinatownilta Chinatowneilta
allative Chinatownille Chinatowneille
essive Chinatownina Chinatowneina
translative Chinatowniksi Chinatowneiksi
instructive Chinatownein
abessive Chinatownitta Chinatowneitta
comitative Chinatowneineen

Portuguese

Proper noun

Chinatown f

  1. Chinatown (a Chinese district outside China)
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