The territory of a town.
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(US, Canada) A subdivision of a county.
Tondop said the township of Mendi is slowly getting back to normal.
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(South African English, pre-1994) An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.
Growing up in the township of Zwide, just outside Port Elizabeth, bed for Kolisi was a pile of cushions on the living-room floor and finding enough to eat was a daily struggle. So, the man from the townships can certainly empathize with …
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