# Chinatown

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtʃaɪnətaʊn/ · frequency rank #19,044

## Definitions
1. A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.
2. By extension, such a district filled with stereotypical "Chinese" people, of East Asians and Southeast Asians.

## Etymology
From China + town.

## Common misspellings (14)
`cchinatown`, `chhinatown`, `chiantown`, `chinaotwn`, `chinatonw`, `chinatownn`, `chinatowwn`, `chinattown`, `chinatwon`, `chinnatown`, `chintaown`, `chniatown`, `cihnatown`, `hcinatown`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chinatown