Meaning of नगर in English
- In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
- The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.
- An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.
- The pledge or surety thus given.
- Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
- Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.
- Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
- The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
- A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
- The court end of London;-- commonly with the.
- The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
- A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
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