{"id":2166,"date":"2021-02-13T07:20:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T07:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ieltsbooster.com\/?p=2166"},"modified":"2021-02-13T08:26:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T08:26:44","slug":"topic-ielts-vocabulary-towns-cities-and-villages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ieltsbooster.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/13\/topic-ielts-vocabulary-towns-cities-and-villages\/","title":{"rendered":"Topic IELTS Vocabulary – Towns, cities, and villages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Towns, Cities and Villages IELTS Vocabulary<\/h2>\n

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barangay<\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

PHILIPPINE ENGLISH\u00a0in the Philippines, a\u00a0village\u00a0or\u00a0neighbourhood<\/p>\n

the big smoke<\/h2>\n

\u00a0a\u00a0large\u00a0town\u00a0or\u00a0city<\/p>\n

boom town<\/h2>\n

a\u00a0town\u00a0or\u00a0city\u00a0that\u00a0suddenly\u00a0becomes\u00a0successful\u00a0because there is a\u00a0lot\u00a0of\u00a0new\u00a0business\u00a0activity<\/p>\n

the bright lights<\/h2>\n

a\u00a0big\u00a0city\u00a0where you can have an\u00a0exciting\u00a0life\u00a0and be\u00a0successful<\/p>\n

capital<\/h2>\n

the\u00a0city\u00a0where a\u00a0country\u00a0or\u00a0region\u00a0has its\u00a0government<\/p>\n

city<\/h2>\n

a large important town<\/p>\n

city-state<\/h2>\n

a city that in the past joined with the area around it to form an independent state<\/p>\n

conurbation<\/h2>\n

a large city area that develops when towns that are close to each other get bigger and join together<\/p>\n

county town<\/h2>\n

BRITISH the town in a county where its government is based<\/p>\n

dormitory town<\/h2>\n

BRITISH a place from which many people travel to a city to work<\/p>\n

dorp<\/h2>\n

SOUTH AFRICAN a village or small town<\/p>\n

ecotown<\/h2>\n

in England, a new town that is designed in a way that reduces people\u2019s impact on the environment to a minimum<\/p>\n

garden city
\n<\/h2>\n

a community of homes that includes many parks and public gardens<\/p>\n

ghost town
\n<\/h2>\n

a town where most people have left<\/p>\n

hill station<\/h2>\n

in southern Asia, a town in the hills where people go in order to be more comfortable when the weather is very hot<\/p>\n

kampong<\/h2>\n

a village in Malaysia<\/p>\n

megalopolis<\/h2>\n

a large city, or an area that contains a lot of large cities<\/p>\n

metro<\/h2>\n

INDIAN ENGLISH a city with a population of over one million<\/p>\n

metropolis<\/h2>\n

MAINLY LITERARY a big city, especially considered as somewhere that is very busy and exciting<\/p>\n

monocity<\/h2>\n

a city, especially in Russia, where most of the population works in one industry, such as making cars<\/p>\n

municipality<\/h2>\n

a town or other area that has its own local government<\/p>\n

new town<\/h2>\n

BRITISH a town that is planned and designed and is built on land where there was not a town before<\/p>\n

one-horse town<\/h2>\n

INFORMAL a town that is small and boring<\/p>\n

outpost<\/h2>\n

a small town far away from other towns, usually where trading takes place<\/p>\n

parish<\/h2>\n

a small area in the countryside in England that has its own local government<\/p>\n

population centre<\/h2>\n

an area where a lot of people live<\/p>\n

port<\/h2>\n

a city where there is a port<\/p>\n

pueblo<\/h2>\n

a small town, especially in parts of the US that are near Mexico<\/p>\n

satellite town<\/h2>\n

a town or city that is close to and depends on a larger city<\/p>\n

seaport<\/h2>\n

a town by the sea with a large port<\/p>\n

shtetl<\/h2>\n

in the past, a small Jewish town or village in eastern Europe<\/p>\n

sustainable city<\/h2>\n

a city that is designed to cause the least possible harm to the environment<\/p>\n

township<\/h2>\n

the part of a town or city in South Africa where black people had to live because of apartheid<\/p>\n