new town

American  

noun

1. (sometimes initial capital letters) a comprehensively planned, self-sufficient urban community that provides housing, educational, recreational, and commercial facilities and often serves to absorb residents from a nearby overcrowded metropolis.

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new town British  

noun

1. (in Britain) a town that has been planned as a complete unit and built with government sponsorship, esp to accommodate overspill population

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Etymology

Origin of new town

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Everyone else in your family found where they fit in this new town right away.

From Literature

Adlington was initially proposed last year to become one of the government's new towns.

From BBC

The government has narrowed the list of potential sites that could be developed as part of its scheme to deliver a wave of "new towns" in England.

From BBC

My father loved to travel and explore new towns, national parks and monuments.

From The Wall Street Journal

For the past 50 years she has lived in Cergy, one of five "new towns" built around Paris, where she moved with her then husband and children.

From BBC