(in South Africa in the past) a town or part of a town that black people had to live in, and where only black people lived （旧时南非的）黑人城镇，黑人居住区 It was the first black township to have its own community radio station. 这是第一个拥有自己的社区广播站的黑人城镇。
(in the US or Canada) a division of a county that is a unit of local government 镇区（美国和加拿大县以下一级的地方政府）
Word OriginOld English tūnscipe ‘the inhabitants of a village’ (see town, -ship).