new town

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.

new town

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of new town¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Those who claimed the tragedy was a hoax showed up in Newtown, Connecticut, and harassed people connected to the shooting.

From No Straight News

I mean, the single hardest story I’ve ever covered was Newtown.

From Ozy

Maybe you took time off after giving birth, or your mother fell ill and you quit to take care of her, or you followed a spouse to a new town for a job and you’re still searching for work.

From Fortune

“This is home now,” Maria Grazia Visconti told The Daily Beast as she walked her dog along one of the “new town” streets.

From The Daily Beast

He surveyed the available newspapers whenever he arrived in a new town.

From The Daily Beast

Following the castle terrace, we will descend towards the new town, and come out at the west of Princes Street.

From Project Gutenberg

The new town extends below the old one and is closer to the right bank of the Rhone.

From Project Gutenberg

Two years later the new town of Johnston was formed out of Providence and named after the attorney-general.

From Project Gutenberg

Nezahualcoyotl is also said to have founded a new town in this region, and sent colonists from Tezcuco to dwell in it.

From Project Gutenberg

It is known, however, that he lived in baronial style in his new town.

From Project Gutenberg