uptown

UK /ˈʌptaʊn/ US /ˈʌptaʊn/
adj 3noun 2name 2adv 1

Definitions

noun

1

The residential part of a city, away from the commercial center.

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., […]

adj

1

In the upper part of a town.

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

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. […]

adv

1

To or in the upper part of a town.

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

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