Chinatownnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈtʃaɪ.nə.taʊn/us/ˈtʃaɪ.nə.taʊn/an area of a city outside China where many Chinese people live and there are a lot of Chinese restaurants and shops
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
- arrondissement
- backstreets
- barrio
- block
- botanic garden
- concrete jungle
- council estate
- dormitory suburb
- estate
- exurb
- ghetto
- inner city
- precinct
- red-light district
- slum
- suburbia
- the outskirts
- town
- trading estate
- warren
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Examples from literature
- Chinatown was quite extensive and all its frail structures swarmed, like bee-hives, with inhabitants.
- Hundreds of Chinese men, women and children, all carrying baggage to the limit of their strength, made their way into the limited Chinatown of Oakland.
- The cab turned into the narrow cobbled streets of Chinatown, past the dark windows, Chinese stores and restaurants, a region that, deserted now, appeared in the early morning quiet ominous rather than peaceful.
- The limits of Oakland's Chinatown have already been extended, and the strictest police regulations are in force to prevent further enlargement.
- They are chiefly devoted to the retailing of such food as the occupants of Chinatown delight in, and over many of them the Chinese national emblem can be seen flying.