Associations to the word «Township»

Wiktionary

TOWNSHIP, noun. The territory of a town; a subdivision of a county.
TOWNSHIP, noun. (South African English) (Pre 1994) An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.
TOWNSHIP, noun. (South African English) (Post 1994) A nonwhite (usually subeconomic) area attached to a city.

Dictionary definition

TOWNSHIP, noun. An administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats