new town
noun
: an urban development comprising a small to medium-sized city with a broad range of housing and planned industrial, commercial, and recreational facilities
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Newtown
geographical name
New·town
ˈnü-ˌtau̇n 
ˈnyü-
town in southwestern Connecticut on the Housatonic River east of Danbury population 27,560
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