Township
noun
A smaller area or community inside a larger one, often rural, like a village or suburb.
My hometown is a small township in the north of the country.
Often appears as...
- township government
- township boundaries
noun
In South Africa, it refers to an underdeveloped, segregated urban area reserved for black people under apartheid.
Soweto is known as the largest township in South Africa.
Often appears as...
- south african township
- township life
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Historical
noun
In the United States, a division of a county with some corporate powers.
The annual meeting for the township will discuss local legislation and policies.
Often appears as...
- township board
- township officials
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Legal
noun
In Scotland, an area of land equivalent to a small village.
The highland township has an enchanting natural beauty.
Often appears as...
- rural township
- township residents
noun
A smaller area or community inside a larger one, often rural, like a village or suburb.
My hometown is a small township in the north of the country.
Often appears as...
- township government
- township boundaries
noun
In South Africa, it refers to an underdeveloped, segregated urban area reserved for black people under apartheid.
Soweto is known as the largest township in South Africa.
Often appears as...
- south african township
- township life
Usage tips
Disapproving
Historical
noun
In the United States, a division of a county with some corporate powers.
The annual meeting for the township will discuss local legislation and policies.
Often appears as...
- township board
- township officials
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
noun
In Scotland, an area of land equivalent to a small village.
The highland township has an enchanting natural beauty.
Often appears as...
- rural township
- township residents
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Pro Tip 1/2Size Indicator
A 'township' often indicates a smaller population and area than a city.
The township was quiet, unlike the bustling city nearby.
Pro Tip 2/2Community Aspect
'Township' emphasizes a sense of local community and togetherness.
The township's residents gathered to celebrate their yearly festival.
Pro Tip 1/2Size Indicator
A 'township' often indicates a smaller population and area than a city.
The township was quiet, unlike the bustling city nearby.
Pro Tip 2/2Community Aspect
'Township' emphasizes a sense of local community and togetherness.
The township's residents gathered to celebrate their yearly festival.
Pro Tip 1/2Size Indicator
A 'township' often indicates a smaller population and area than a city.
The township was quiet, unlike the bustling city nearby.
Pro Tip 2/2Community Aspect
'Township' emphasizes a sense of local community and togetherness.
The township's residents gathered to celebrate their yearly festival.
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Trusting the ensemble -...
black but there were a handful of white performers now it emerged early on in the first rehearsal period that one of those white performers had in his previous incarnation been a member of the south african police force and in the last years of the old regime he would routinely be detailed to go into the township to aggress the community
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What's so funny about...
this one comes with a package, is you get a real sense of shame, because your friends go, "Oh come on, show me the lump, show me the x-rays," and of course you've got nothing to show, so you're, like, really disgusted with yourself because you're thinking, "I'm not being carpet-bombed. I don't live in a township."
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Lewis Pugh swims the...
at how far we have come in such a short period of time. I remember, just a few years ago, speaking about climate change, and people heckling me in the back and saying it doesn't even exist. I've just come back from giving a series of speeches in some of the poorest townships in South Africa
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Violence is a failure of...
need is a safe space where you can take a step back and look at your life through a bigger perspective and try and understand what that violence means to you truly is a young woman from the township in johannesburg and a friend of mine and she was raised as a child and
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How teachers can help...
thousands of kids from the township of Soweto walked out of schools. And they marched peacefully through the streets to protest the law. At an intersection, they met up with the police, and when the kids refused to turn back, the police officers set dogs on them
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How Cape Town's...
what we are expecting from climate change a lot of the blame made by politicians is to the public saying that their wasteful of resources it's a shame for a city to say so what are crises because most of us in especially and they let townships forget a lot of
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A precise, three-word...
I'm here to tell you how my team and I are trying to change that. If you go to an online map and look at a favela in Brazil or a township in South Africa, you'll see a few streets but a lot of empty space. But if you flip to satellite view,
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Amelia Earhart Part I:...
japanese-controlled saipan she was imprisoned then smuggled back to the u.s disguised as a nun and if that weren't enough as a final twist she settled down to live at her life in monroe township new jersey as a housewife
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What if the poor were...
are living in slums and informal settlements. Almost every city in the global south has large slums in the size of townships. Kibera, in Nairobi, Dharavi, in Mumbai,
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Saving a Pangolin's Life...
the call has brought maria to a poor township where selling a pangolin could bring great wealth
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Trusting the ensemble -...
black but there were a handful of white performers now it emerged early on in the first rehearsal period that one of those white performers had in his previous incarnation been a member of the south african police force and in the last years of the old regime he would routinely be detailed to go into the township to aggress the community
Video examples
What's so funny about...
this one comes with a package, is you get a real sense of shame, because your friends go, "Oh come on, show me the lump, show me the x-rays," and of course you've got nothing to show, so you're, like, really disgusted with yourself because you're thinking, "I'm not being carpet-bombed. I don't live in a township."
Video examples
Lewis Pugh swims the...
at how far we have come in such a short period of time. I remember, just a few years ago, speaking about climate change, and people heckling me in the back and saying it doesn't even exist. I've just come back from giving a series of speeches in some of the poorest townships in South Africa
Video examples
Violence is a failure of...
need is a safe space where you can take a step back and look at your life through a bigger perspective and try and understand what that violence means to you truly is a young woman from the township in johannesburg and a friend of mine and she was raised as a child and
Video examples
How teachers can help...
thousands of kids from the township of Soweto walked out of schools. And they marched peacefully through the streets to protest the law. At an intersection, they met up with the police, and when the kids refused to turn back, the police officers set dogs on them
Video examples
How Cape Town's...
what we are expecting from climate change a lot of the blame made by politicians is to the public saying that their wasteful of resources it's a shame for a city to say so what are crises because most of us in especially and they let townships forget a lot of
Video examples
A precise, three-word...
I'm here to tell you how my team and I are trying to change that. If you go to an online map and look at a favela in Brazil or a township in South Africa, you'll see a few streets but a lot of empty space. But if you flip to satellite view,
Video examples
Amelia Earhart Part I:...
japanese-controlled saipan she was imprisoned then smuggled back to the u.s disguised as a nun and if that weren't enough as a final twist she settled down to live at her life in monroe township new jersey as a housewife
Video examples
What if the poor were...
are living in slums and informal settlements. Almost every city in the global south has large slums in the size of townships. Kibera, in Nairobi, Dharavi, in Mumbai,
Video examples
Saving a Pangolin's Life...
the call has brought maria to a poor township where selling a pangolin could bring great wealth
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Jennifer Hudson
American Musician
When people said Africa would change me, I didn't understand what they meant. To see the poverty in the townships, for instance, is overwhelming. I found it heart-wrenching to see young children walking barefoot and hungry in the dirt. I'm the kind of person who wants to change the world right here and now, so I got frustrated.
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James Howard Kunstler
American Author
The model of the human habitat dictated by zoning is a formless, soul-less, centerless, demoralizing mess. It bankrupts families and townships. It disables whole classes of decent, normal citizens. It ruins the air we breathe. It corrupts and deadens our spirit.
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Michael Sata
Zambian Politician
Every hour I spent on manual work, every hour I was humiliated in England or degraded has helped me because that's the same way other people feel in the townships here. People are still walking long distances and are working long hours.
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Alexis Wright
Australian Writer
That attitude that I wouldn't succeed didn't come from my family; it came from school and then the township we lived in. I wasn't going to settle for that, and my mother warned us not to settle for less, to make the most of our lives.
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Bam Margera
American Celebrity
The neighbors could be as mad as they want, but I'm not running a business at the house. It's just a location. It will never get me out of here, because I don't have offices set up at my house, and that's what the township thinks.
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Petina Gappah
Zimbabwean Writer
The first thing I remember when I moved to a school in the suburbs was, 'My gosh, all these books!' The classroom and school had a library; I'd never seen so many books in my life! It was something we didn't have in the township.
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Jesse White
The art of compromise should be always alive and well. You represent the people of your district, the people of your county, your city, your township. Make sure that you do it for the people rather than your party or issue.
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Hugh Masekela
South African Musician
In some townships, political parties are run by thugs financed from Cape Town. If we don't have support of the police, we can not have the ability to organize and to gain even a slight semblance of power.
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Wen Jiabao
Chinese Statesman
If people are able to run the affairs of a village well, eventually they'll be able to run a township, and a county.
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Kushal Pal Singh
Indian Businessman
Without land, how can you have development of roads, highways, townships, etc?
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Jennifer Hudson
American Musician
When people said Africa would change me, I didn't understand what they meant. To see the poverty in the townships, for instance, is overwhelming. I found it heart-wrenching to see young children walking barefoot and hungry in the dirt. I'm the kind of person who wants to change the world right here and now, so I got frustrated.
Quote examples
James Howard Kunstler
American Author
The model of the human habitat dictated by zoning is a formless, soul-less, centerless, demoralizing mess. It bankrupts families and townships. It disables whole classes of decent, normal citizens. It ruins the air we breathe. It corrupts and deadens our spirit.
Quote examples
Michael Sata
Zambian Politician
Every hour I spent on manual work, every hour I was humiliated in England or degraded has helped me because that's the same way other people feel in the townships here. People are still walking long distances and are working long hours.
Quote examples
Alexis Wright
Australian Writer
That attitude that I wouldn't succeed didn't come from my family; it came from school and then the township we lived in. I wasn't going to settle for that, and my mother warned us not to settle for less, to make the most of our lives.
Quote examples
Bam Margera
American Celebrity
The neighbors could be as mad as they want, but I'm not running a business at the house. It's just a location. It will never get me out of here, because I don't have offices set up at my house, and that's what the township thinks.
Quote examples
Petina Gappah
Zimbabwean Writer
The first thing I remember when I moved to a school in the suburbs was, 'My gosh, all these books!' The classroom and school had a library; I'd never seen so many books in my life! It was something we didn't have in the township.
Quote examples
Jesse White
The art of compromise should be always alive and well. You represent the people of your district, the people of your county, your city, your township. Make sure that you do it for the people rather than your party or issue.
Quote examples
Hugh Masekela
South African Musician
In some townships, political parties are run by thugs financed from Cape Town. If we don't have support of the police, we can not have the ability to organize and to gain even a slight semblance of power.
Quote examples
Wen Jiabao
Chinese Statesman
If people are able to run the affairs of a village well, eventually they'll be able to run a township, and a county.
Quote examples
Kushal Pal Singh
Indian Businessman
Without land, how can you have development of roads, highways, townships, etc?
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