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Noun Concept
Categories: All articles needing additional references, Types of towns, Urban studies and planning terminology, Economic growth, Urban studies and planning
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boom town  boomtown
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A town enjoying sudden prosperity WordNet 3.0
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geography
demography
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A town enjoying sudden prosperity WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A boomtown is a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth, or that is started from scratch. Wikipedia
Community that experiences sudden and rapid population and economic growth. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Community that experiences sudden and rapid population and economic growth Wikidata
A community that experiences sudden and rapid growth. Wiktionary
A town that experienced (or is experiencing) a period of rapid growth due to some temporary activity. Wiktionary
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The mining boomtown she remembered, was now a ghost town. Wiktionary
IS A
town
village
city
HAS KIND
Columbia
Jeffrey City
Desdemona
Belleville
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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boom town
Wikipedia
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boomtown
Wikidata
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Boomtown
Wiktionary
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boom town, boomtown
Wikipedia Redirections
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Boom own, Boomtown (demography)

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