boomtown
English
noun
Definitions
- A town that experienced (or is experiencing) a period of rapid growth due to some temporary activity.
Etymology
Compound from English boom (a log, explosion sound, piece of wood) + English town.
Origin
English
town
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Allentown English
- Anytown English
- Arrowtown English
- Banglatown English
- Bardstown English
- Beantown English
- Blacktown English
- Blandtown English
- Blanktown English
- Boystown English
- Bricktown English
- Byrdstown English
- Cabbagetown English
- Canvastown English
- Castletown English
- Cathedraltown English
- Chapeltown English
- Charlottetown English
- Chinatown English
- Cowtown English
- Creetown English
- Downingtown English
- Doylestown English
- Dufftown English
- Earlestown English
- Edgartown English
- Elizabethtown English
- Freetown English
- Germantown English
- Grantown-on-Spey English
- Greeleytown English
- Griffithstown English
- Hockeytown English
- Huntingtown English
- Hymietown English
- Jamestown English
- Jeffersontown English
- Jonestown English
- Kelleytown English
- Koreatown English
- Leonardtown English
- Lewistown English
- Lombardstown English
- Lordstown English
- Mifflintown English
- Mobtown English
- Newtown English
- Nicholtown English
- Niggertown English
- Norristown English
- Provincetown English
- Puddletown English
- Silvertown English
- Tinseltown English
- Townsend English
- Toytown English
- Tylertown English
- Victoriatown English
- Youngstown English
- antiboom English
- boom English
- boomable English
- boomage English
- boomer English
- boometh English
- boomhouse English
- boomity English
- boomless English
- boomlet English
- boomlike English
- boomster English
- boomstick English
- boomtime English
- boomy English
- bumpkin English
- bytown English
- churchtown English
- cowtown English
- crosstown English
- cybertown English
- downtown English
- ecotown English
- hilltown English
- hometown English
- intertown English
- intown English
- kaboom English
- kerboom English
- midtown English
- miniboom English
- monotown English
- multitown English
- nonboom English
- postboom English
- preboom English
- shacktown English
- shantytown English
- smalltown English
- town English
- townball English
- towned English
- towner English
- townfield English
- townfolk English
- townful English
- townhome English
- townhood English
- townhouse English
- townie English
- townish English
- townland English
- townless English
- townlet English
- townlike English
- townling English
- townly English
- townman English
- townmate English
- townpeople English
- townscape English
- townsfolk English
- township English
- townsite English
- townsman English
- townspeople English
- townsperson English
- townswoman English
- townward English
- townwards English
- townwear English
- townwide English
- towny English
- buumi Finnish
- boomen German
- bummen German
- boom Italian
- boom Dutch, Flemish
- boom French
- бум Russian
- boom Spanish, Castilian
- boom Portuguese
- タウン Japanese
- ブーム Japanese
- boom Polish
- town Middle English
- bum Albanian
- buum Estonian
- buum̧ Marshallese
- taun Marshallese
- tawūn Marshallese
- taun Tok Pisin
- tāone Maori
- taundi Shona
- tawuni Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- taun Kriol
- taunu Pitjantjatjara
- town
- boom
- boomy
- towny
- towned
- townly
- intown
- boomer
- townie
- kaboom
- bytown
- towner
- Toytown
- boomlet
- boomage
- Cowtown
- cowtown
- nonboom
- Anytown
- kerboom
- midtown
- Newtown
- boomity
- bumpkin
- townful
- ecotown
- townlet
- Mobtown
- townish
- boometh
- preboom
- townman
- postboom
- townward
- downtown
- townland
- boomtime
- hilltown
- miniboom
- monotown
- Beantown
- townball
- townlike
- boomlike
- Freetown
- townling
- townfolk
- townwide
- townsman
- township
- boomable
- antiboom
- townhood
- boomster
- Dufftown
- townmate
- townless
- townwear
- Boystown
- townsite
- Townsend
- boomless
- hometown
- townhome
- Creetown
- cybertown
- townsfolk
- crosstown
- Arrowtown
- Koreatown
- smalltown
- boomstick
- Blacktown
- Jonestown
- townscape
- Blandtown
- multitown
- Blanktown
- Lewistown
- townfield
- Jamestown
- Tylertown
- townhouse
- Allentown
- Edgartown
- intertown
- Hymietown
- Bardstown
- Byrdstown
- Bricktown
- Lordstown
- townwards
- boomhouse
- shacktown
- Chinatown
- Earlestown
- Silvertown
- townswoman
- Germantown
- churchtown
- Tinseltown
- Norristown
- Kelleytown
- Nicholtown
- Puddletown
- Niggertown
- Hockeytown
- Canvastown
- Castletown
- Banglatown
- shantytown
- Chapeltown
- townpeople
- Youngstown
- Doylestown
- Leonardtown
- Greeleytown
- Mifflintown
- Downingtown
- townsperson
- townspeople
- Huntingtown
- Cabbagetown
- Lombardstown
- Provincetown
- Victoriatown
- Charlottetown
- Cathedraltown
- Griffithstown
- Elizabethtown
- Jeffersontown
- Grantown-on-Spey