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Once a bustling logging town, Sandpoint has embraced its natural beauty to become an amazing resort town drawing people near and far to enjoy its beauty and recreational possibilities. It's truly a small town with a huge backyard.
Nate Holland

Meaning of "resort town" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RESORT TOWN

resort town  [rɪˈzɔːt taʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RESORT TOWN

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Resort town is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RESORT TOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

resort town

Resort town

A resort town, sometimes called a resort city or resort destination, is a town or area where tourism or vacationing is a primary component of the local culture and economy. Most resort towns have one or more actual resorts in or nearby, although some places are considered resort towns merely because of their popularity among tourists. Typically, the economy of a resort town is geared almost entirely towards catering to tourists, with most residents of the area working in the tourism or resort industry. Shops and luxury boutiques selling locally-themed souvenirs, motels, and unique restaurants often proliferate the downtown areas of a resort town.

Definition of resort town in the English dictionary

The definition of resort town in the dictionary is a holiday town.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RESORT TOWN


Allentown
ˈælənˌtaʊn
Bridgetown
ˈbrɪdʒˌtaʊn
Charlottetown
ˈʃɑːlətˌtaʊn
Chinatown
ˈtʃaɪnəˌtaʊn
downtown
ˈdaʊnˈtaʊn
Freetown
ˈfriːˌtaʊn
Georgetown
ˈdʒɔːdʒˌtaʊn
Jamestown
ˈdʒeɪmzˌtaʊn
Kingstown
ˈkɪŋzˌtaʊn
midtown
ˈmɪdˌtaʊn
Motown
ˈməʊˌtaʊn
Newtown
ˈnjuːtaʊn
out-of-town
ˌaʊtəvˈtaʊn
Provincetown
ˈprɒvɪnsˌtaʊn
Queenstown
ˈkwiːnzˌtaʊn
small-town
ˌsmɔːlˈtaʊn
town
taʊn
uptown
ˈʌpˈtaʊn
Yorktown
ˈjɔːkˌtaʊn
Youngstown
ˈjʌŋzˌtaʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RESORT TOWN

resorb
resorbence
resorbent
resorcin
resorcinal
resorcinol
resorption
resorptive
resort
resort hotel
resorter
resound
resounding
resoundingly
resource
resource centre
resourced
resourceful
resourcefully
resourcefulness

WORDS THAT END LIKE RESORT TOWN

boom town
chief town
commuter town
company town
Cookstown
county town
garrison town
ghost town
go to town
hick town
home town
man about town
market town
new town
on the town
one-horse town
post town
shanty town
small town
spa town
twin town

Synonyms and antonyms of resort town in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «resort town» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RESORT TOWN

Find out the translation of resort town to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of resort town from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «resort town» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

度假小镇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ciudad turística
570 millions of speakers

English

resort town
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सहारा शहर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منتجع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

курортный город
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cidade turística
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবসর বিনোদনের শহর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

station balnéaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bandar peranginan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Resort-Stadt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リゾート地
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

리조트 타운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Resort kutha
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thị trấn nghỉ mát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரிசார்ட் நகரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रिसॉर्ट शहर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tatil kasabası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

località
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kurort
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

курортне місто
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oraș-stațiune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θέρετρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oord
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

semesterort
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ferieby
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of resort town

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RESORT TOWN»

The term «resort town» is regularly used and occupies the 86.069 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RESORT TOWN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about resort town

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QUOTES WITH «RESORT TOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word resort town.
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Nate Holland
Once a bustling logging town, Sandpoint has embraced its natural beauty to become an amazing resort town drawing people near and far to enjoy its beauty and recreational possibilities. It's truly a small town with a huge backyard.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RESORT TOWN»

Discover the use of resort town in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to resort town and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Winnipeg Beach: Leisure and Courtship in a Resort Town, ...
In Winnipeg Beach, Dale Barbour takes us into the heart of this turn-of-the-century resort area and introduces us to some of the people who worked, played and lived in the resort.
Dale Barbour, 2012
2
Engineering in a Mountain Resort Town
Finally, the objective for providing a management review of PLC also proved to be successful. PLC has already implemented a number of recommendations from the review and is using the review to build new company and employee goals.
Eric W. Waters, 2007
3
Seasonal Work in New Zealand
However, for those who do miss out on a skifield job, there is always the resort town work to fall back on. The work within a resort town often has as many, if not more, advantages to the seasonal worker than working on the actual skifield itself .
Gary Andrews, Heidi Andrews, 1996
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Boardwalk of Dreams : Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban ...
In this wide-ranging book, Bryant Simon does far more than tell a nostalgic tale of Atlantic City's rise, near death, and reincarnation.
Bryant Simon Professor of History and American Studies Temple University, 2004
5
Encyclopedia of American Urban History
Attracting an eclectic band of artists and writers, Carmel, Monterey, and the Big Sur region to the south also served as models of the resort town as artist colony. In Southern California, large hotels appeared simultaneously in 1886—the Hotel  ...
David Goldfield, 2006
6
Marine Tourism: Development, Impacts and Management
However, in 1851 Brighton was by farthe most populous seaside resort town, with a population of 65,569, four times larger than that of any other seaside resort town at the time (Walton, 1983). The arrival of trains solved the transportation ...
Mark Orams, 2002
7
Resort City in the Sunbelt: Las Vegas, 1930-2000
But riots and marches were especially damaging to a resort town whose glittering image was easily stained by bloodshed and violence. Yet, casino gambling only reinforced postwar segregation, because the tables and slot machines attracted ...
Eugene P. Moehring, 2000
8
Frommer's Munich and the Bavarian Alps
Bad Tölz: On the Isar River, this resort town became a spa in 1946 when its iodine-rich springs were discovered. Its water park, Alpamare, is one of the largest in Germany, and it's filled with saunas and solariums. Even if you don't take the spa ...
Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, 2011
9
Britain in the First Age of Party, 1687-1750: Essays ...
... Scarborough and Weymouth, 1700-1815', (Oxford University, D. Phil., 1973);]. Barrett, 'Spas and Seaside Resorts, 1660-1780', New Urban Society, pp. 39-70. 72 S. Mclntyre, 'Bath: The Rise ofa Resort Town, 1660-1800', Country Towns, ed.
Clyve Jones, 1987
10
Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies: The Search for a Value ...
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police analysis of the work force in that nearby resort town found that 72 percent of employed males over the age of twenty-five had been convicted of some criminal violation. As the Town of Banff itself concluded ...
Thomas Michael Power, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RESORT TOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term resort town is used in the context of the following news items.
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Living the Resort Town Life — Part III —
Editor's Note: There is more to living in a resort town than the difficulty of finding a place to live or the long political discussion over how to provide so-called ... «Crested Butte News, Jul 15»
2
Tunisia Attack: Gunman Kills at Least 37 at Beach Resort, Officials Say
Tunisia Attack: Gunman Kills at Least 37 at Beach Resort, Officials Say ... Imperial Marhaba in Sousse, a popular resort town on the northeast coast of Africa. «ABC News, Jun 15»
3
Crime drops at English resort town after mankini ban
Crime drops at English resort town after mankini ban. Residents had complained of public drunkenness. UPDATED 1:00 AM EDT May 29, 2015 ... «WCVB Boston, May 15»
4
Resort Town That Banned Mankinis Is Thriving
Officials in a British resort town that banned mankinis say the crackdown has been the solution to all of their civic woes. The Cornish town of Newquay took a ... «New York Magazine, May 15»
5
SurveyMonkey CEO David Goldberg died of head trauma while …
SurveyMonkey CEO David Goldberg died of severe head trauma in an exercise accident in the Mexican resort town of Punta Mita, a Mexican state official said ... «OregonLive.com, May 15»
6
Panel OKs event center liquor licenses in Idaho resort towns
Resort cities often have a limited number of liquor licenses available, since licenses in Idaho are granted based on the number of permanent residents in a town. «KTVB, Apr 15»
7
Idaho panel says no to new resort town liquor licenses
BOISE -- A House panel has killed a bill aiming to strip a Valley County ski resort of four unused liquor licenses and give them to restaurants and conference ... «KTVB, Mar 15»
8
In resort towns like Aspen, working class squeezed out as rich move in
This Dec. 1, 2014 photo shows the Aspen Mountain ski area by Aspen, Colo. Resort towns like Aspen dramatically demonstrate an unnerving trend: Across the ... «Aspen Times, Jan 15»
9
In resort towns, working class squeezed out as rich move in
Resort towns like Aspen dramatically demonstrate an unnerving trend: Across the country, the rich are getting richer while the rest of the country is essentially ... «Yahoo News UK, Jan 15»
10
Two Swiss men killed in Philippines resort town
The victims, 67-year-old Robert Erich Loever and 78-year-old Baltazar Johann Erni, had just stepped out from a beach resort at 1pm (5am GMT) Sunday in Opol ... «The Local.ch, Oct 14»

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