downtown

See also: down-town

English

From down +‎ town

downtown (not comparable)

of, relating to, or situated in the central business district
John walked everyday to his downtown job.
- 2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian‎:
  “Human flesh got stuck to me,” he recalls now, as we sit in the ambulance control centre in downtown Karachi.

downtown (not comparable)

in or towards the central business district
You need to go downtown four blocks.
(basketball) Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
That shot came from way downtown!

in, or towards the central business district

(basketball): outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket

downtown (plural downtowns)

(chiefly US, Canada) The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.

(business center of a municipality):

either the lower, or the business center of a city or town

Afrikaans: middestad
Bulgarian: це́нтър на гра́да m (céntǎr na gráda)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 市中心 (zh) (shìzhōngxīn), 中央商業區, 中央商业区 (zhōngyāng shāngyèqū)
Dutch: binnenstad (nl) m, stadscentrum (nl) n, centrum (nl) n
Esperanto: urbocentro, urbomezo
Finnish: keskusta (fi), ydinkeskusta (fi)
French: centre-ville (fr) m, quartier d'affaires m
Galician: centro (gl) m
Georgian: ქალაქის ცენტრალური ნაწილი (kalakis cenṭraluri nac̣ili), ქალაქის საქმიანი ნაწილი (kalakis sakmiani nac̣ili), ქალაქის საქმიანი რაიონი (kalakis sakmiani raioni), ცენტრალური ნაწილი (cenṭraluri nac̣ili), საქმიანი ნაწილი (sakmiani nac̣ili), საქმიანი რაიონი (sakmiani raioni), ქალაქის ცენტრი (kalakis cenṭri)
German: Stadtmitte (de) f, Innenstadt (de) f, Stadtzentrum (de) n, Zentrum (de) n
Greek: αγορά (el) f (agorá), κέντρο (el) n (kéntro)
Hungarian: belváros (hu)
Icelandic: miðborg f, miðbær m
Indonesian: pusat kota
Italian: centro (it) m
Japanese: ダウンタウン (dauntaun), 町 (ja) (まち, machi), 中心部 (ちゅうしんぶ, chūshinbu), 中心業務地区 (ちゅうしんぎょうむちく, chūshin gyōmu chiku)

Khmer: ទីប្រជុំជន (tibrachoumchon)
Korean: 시내 (ko) (sinae), 도심 (ko) (dosim)
Kurdish:
Sorani: ناوشار‎ (nawşar)
Lao: ຕົວເມືອງ (tūa mư̄ang)
Latin: media urbs f
Macedonian: це́нтарот на гра́дот n (céntarot na grádot)
Malay: pusat bandar
Portuguese: centro (pt), baixa (pt) f
Romanian: centru (ro) n (comercial) de oraș
Russian: центр (ru) m (centr), центр го́рода m (centr góroda), делова́я часть го́рода f (delovája častʹ góroda), си́ти m (síti)
Spanish: centro (es) m, centro de ciudad m
Swedish: innerstad (sv), centrum (sv), city (sv)
Tagalog: bayanan, gitnambayan, gitnambalen, kabayanan, kabalinan
Turkish: şehir merkezi (tr), kent merkezi
Vietnamese: khu trung tâm thành phố, khu vực trung tâm thành phố, nội thành (vi)
Yiddish: אונטערשטאָט‎ f (untershtot)

Borrowed from English downtown.

downtown m (invariable)

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