<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A unit of local government, usually a subdivision of a county, found in most midwestern and northeastern states of the U.S. and in most Canadian provinces.</li><li>(In U.S. surveys of public land) a region or district approximately 6 miles square (93.2 sq. km), containing 36 sections.</li><li>English History: one of the local divisions or districts of a large parish, each containing a village or small town, usually with a church of its own.</li><li>The manor, parish, etc., itself.</li><li>Its inhabitants.</li><li>(In Australia) a small town or settlement serving as the business center of a rural area.</li><li>The business center of a town or suburb.</li><li>(Formerly, in South Africa) a segregated residential settlement for Black people, located outside a city or town.</li></ul>