uptown

sustantivo

1. 1

   The residential part of a city, which is usually away from the central business district.

2. 2

   The commercial center of town (in Charlotte, North Carolina).

   Charlotte / Douglas International Airport, a U.S. Air hub, is about twenty minutes from uptown and is the[…]

   Charlotte has a number of museums that give visitors an insider's perspective on the region, most of which are […] in uptown, and the Mint Museum of Art, 2730 Randolph Rd., […]

adjetivo

1. 1

   In the upper part of a town.

2. 2

   Of or relating to an affluent area or population.

   uptown problems

   She's been living in her uptown world / I bet she's never had a backstreet guy

3. 3

   In or of the central commercial center of Charlotte, North Carolina.

   Thus when he raised hell and got a toilet in uptown Charlotte for Negroes, he was not regarded as an agitator but as a public-spirited citizen.

   […] he was operating a mobile unit in uptown Charlotte when he received a call at approximately 7:00 p.m. […]

   […] you might want to also check into Charlotte's uptown development corporation, which is a very similar set up[…]

   […] in uptown Charlotte in this period.

adverbio

1. 1

   To or in the upper part of a town.

   Let's go uptown and try out that new restaurant.

Formas

plural

uptowns

comparativo

further uptown, farther uptown, more uptown

superlativo

furthest uptown, farthest uptown, most uptown