[noun] [C] - a S African town where only blacks lived during apartheid, (or in the US and Canada) a unit of local government consisting of a town and the area surrounding ita black townshipthe township of Sowetotownship musicthe township of Dulce, New MexicoPrinceton Township
TOWNSHIP
Meaning of TOWNSHIP in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012