Germantown
[jur-muh n-toun] /ˈdʒɜr mənˌtaʊn/
noun
1.
a NW section of Philadelphia, Pa.: American defeat by British 1777.
2.
a town in SW Tennessee.
3.
a town in SE Wisconsin.
4.
Informal. any U.S. city neighborhood heavily populated with persons of German descent.
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