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Archetypal postwar suburb
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levittown
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Gazetteer
Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 30140 Housing Units (2000): 11299 Land area (2000): 2.269729 sq. miles (5.878570 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.260005 sq. miles (0.673409 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.529734 sq. miles (6.551979 sq. km) FIPS code: 45336 Located within: ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
used figuratively for "generic suburban tract housing," American English, from the vast planned real estate developments built by the firm Levitt & Sons Inc., the first on Long Island, 1946-51 (more than 17,000 homes), the second north of Philadelphia (1951-55). ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Levittown is the name of seven large suburban developments created in the United States of America by William Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons . Built after World War II for returning veterans and their new families, the communities offered attractive ...
Usage examples of levittown.
Laird put in a long-distance call to his second wife, Selma, in a small house in Levittown, Long Island, New York, far, far away.
Colonel's Row at Fort Rucker looked more like Levittown than Colonel's Row at Bragg, Benning, or Knox.