# townsite

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #91,077

## Definitions
1. In former British colonies, a tract of land authorized to be developed as a town and then surveyed and marked out with streets.

## Etymology
From town + site.

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