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Noun: township  'tawn,ship
  1. [N. Amer] An administrative division of a county
    "the township is responsible for snow removal";
    - town
     
  2. In South Africa, an urban area assigned to black South Africans under apartheid
    "He grew up in a township on the outskirts of Johannesburg"

Derived forms: townships

Type of: administrative district, administrative division, territorial division

Encyclopedia: Township, Lahore