From a tiny hamlet to a bustling metropolis, people gather in urban centers. What wild things are going on in your town tonight?
Types of urban centers…
- city, metropolis, megalopolis,
- town, village, hamlet, settlement, railtown, sign post,
- bivouac, camp, tent city
- keep, base, tower, outpost, post, fort, fortress
- Western: pueblo, cattle town, one-horse town, dustbowl,
- citadel, castle, palace
- ghost town, ancient city, ruins, relic, derelict,
- terminus, station
- kraal,
- neighbourhood, suburb, ghetto, borough, ham, burgh
- county-seat, municipal center
- villa, mansion, estate, pavilion, plantation, ranch,
- thorp
- township center
- parish, mission,
- state center
- quarter, district,
- center
- crossroads
- community
- stronghold, hideout
- burrow
- Sci-fi: mother ship, satellite, zone, sector
- roost
- trading post
- farmstead, homestead
- port
- dorp
Notes:
- Suffixes for town names: -thorp, -ville, -ton, -town, -burg, -borough,
- Prefixes for town names: New +, Cape+, Old+,
- Towns are frequently named after people (ie. Joneshill, Vernvale, Fredville)
- Town names can include landforms: Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Silver Downs, Mountainville, Greenlake, Greenwood, Greenhill,