Examples of Chinatown in a Sentence
We had dinner in Chinatown.
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Los Angeles’ two existing cultural districts are Little Tokyo and Chinatown.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
There’s also been a recent surge of authentic Asian eats, giving the city’s Chinatown and Koreatown serious competition.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2025
Meanwhile, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday lifted a curfew that had been imposed on a roughly 8-square-mile radius of Downtown L.A., including parts of Chinatown, Little Tokyo, the Fashion District and the Arts District.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 17 June 2025
Head to the Maunakea Marketplace in Chinatown, just off Maunakea Street between Hotel and Pauahi Streets.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
There’s also been a recent surge of authentic Asian eats, giving the city’s Chinatown and Koreatown serious competition.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2025
Meanwhile, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday lifted a curfew that had been imposed on a roughly 8-square-mile radius of Downtown L.A., including parts of Chinatown, Little Tokyo, the Fashion District and the Arts District.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 17 June 2025
Head to the Maunakea Marketplace in Chinatown, just off Maunakea Street between Hotel and Pauahi Streets.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025
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“Chinatown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Chinatown. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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Chinatown
noun
Chi·na·town
ˈchī-nə-ˌtau̇n 
: an area of a city where many people of Chinese ancestry live
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