| Township 1. (n.) The district or territory of a town. 2. (n.) In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections. 3. (n.) In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county. Thesaurus Entries Kreis, Stadt, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, bailiwick, banlieue, bishopric, boom town, borough, bourg, burg, burgh, canton, city, commune, congressional district, constablewick, conurbation, county, departement, diocese, district, duchy, electoral district, electorate, exurb, exurbia, faubourg, ghost town, government, greater city, hamlet, hundred, magistracy, market town, megalopolis, metropolis, metropolitan area, municipality, oblast, okrug, outskirts, parish, polis, precinct, principality, province, region, riding, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire, shrievalty, soke, spread city, stake, state, suburb, suburbia, territory, town, urban complex, urban sprawl, urbs, village, ville, wapentake, ward |