Hyphenation of downtown

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word downtown? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

down-town

Definitions of downtown:

1.	The central area or commercial center of a town or city The heart of Birmingham's downtown
2.	Of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center Downtown Manhattan Delinquents roaming the downtown streets
3.	Toward or in the lower or central part of town

Synonyms of downtown:

adj	downtown
noun	business district, city district

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.