township

noun

Etymology: From Middle English towneship, townschip, tounshipe, tunscipe, from Old English tūnsċipe (“the inhabitants of a town; township”), equivalent to town + -ship.

1. The territory of a town.

   “The train is usually crowded and half the township of Forres seems to turn out to watch it go off.”

   “Furthermore, everyone knows that the crops grown at Chou-Shui River are of high quality, like the rice of Siluo Township, watermelons of Erlun Township, garlic of Cihtong Township, flowers of Shijo Township, guava of Shetou Township, and so on.”

2. A subdivision of a county.
3. An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.

   “In addition, the council has completed the planning of a new Coloured township on the site of the existing African township.”

4. A nonwhite (usually subeconomic) area attached to a city.

   “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 the pain lockdown is inflicting on the less fortunate in his country.”

5. A small town.