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title="This was a Wiktionary Word of the Day"><small><i><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/Archive/2018/April#27" title="Wiktionary:Word of the day/Archive/2018/April">WOTD – 27 April 2018</a></i></small></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ghost_town&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bodie_September_2016_panorama_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Bodie_September_2016_panorama_2.jpg/300px-Bodie_September_2016_panorama_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Bodie_September_2016_panorama_2.jpg/450px-Bodie_September_2016_panorama_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Bodie_September_2016_panorama_2.jpg/600px-Bodie_September_2016_panorama_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8250" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The ghost town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodie,_California" class="extiw" title="w:Bodie, California">Bodie</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mono_County" title="Mono County">Mono County</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, USA. It became a <a href="/wiki/boom_town" title="boom town">boom town</a> in 1876 following the discovery of a line of <a href="/wiki/gold#Noun" title="gold">gold</a>, but began to decline in the early 20th century.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈɡəʊst taʊn/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈɡoʊst taʊn/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="en-au-ghost_town.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/En-au-ghost_town.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/En-au-ghost_town.ogg/En-au-ghost_town.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-au-ghost_town.ogg" title="File:en-au-ghost town.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ghost_town&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ghost#English" title="ghost">ghost</a> <a href="/wiki/town#English" title="town">town</a></strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ghost_towns#English" title="ghost towns">ghost towns</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A <a href="/wiki/town" title="town">town</a> which has become <a href="/wiki/deserted#Adjective" title="deserted">deserted</a>, usually due to <a href="/wiki/failing#Adjective" title="failing">failing</a> <a href="/wiki/economic" title="economic">economic</a> <a href="/wiki/activity" title="activity">activity</a>, especially one that still has <a href="/wiki/substantial" title="substantial">substantial</a> <a href="/wiki/visible" title="visible">visible</a> <a href="/wiki/remains" title="remains">remains</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1916</b></span> April, W. L. Morris, “The Town that Died A-Bornin’: Grays Harbor City, a ‘Ghost Town’ in the Forest”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_(magazine)" class="extiw" title="w:Sunset (magazine)">Sunset: The Pacific Monthly</a></cite>, volume XXXVI, number 4, image caption, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.24788250;view=1up;seq=349">page <span class="None" lang="und">41</span></a>, column 1:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Jueger, pioneers of Grays Harbor City, and sole inhabitants of the "<b>ghost town</b>".</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1938</b></span>, E. M. Rowalt, “Cotton, Corn, Trees, and Grass”, in <cite>Soil Defense in the South</cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture" class="extiw" title="w:United States Department of Agriculture">United States Department of Agriculture</a> Farmers’ Bulletin; <span class="None" lang="und">no. 1809</span>), Washington, D.C.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Government_Publishing_Office" class="extiw" title="w:United States Government Publishing Office">United States Government Printing Office</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/943289032">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=01JDAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA5">page 5</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Crop failures in 1925 and 1926 ended the life of the trading center. The stores closed, and the merchants moved away. In one store the goods still rest on shelves, dust-covered reminders of a better day. The folks nearby now call it the <b>Ghost Town</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1975</b></span>, Richard Newbold Adams, “Power Domains and Levels”, in <cite>Energy and Structure: A Theory of Social Power</cite>, Austin, Tex., London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Texas_Press" class="extiw" title="w:University of Texas Press">University of Texas Press</a>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-292-72012-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-292-72012-1">→ISBN</a></small>, part 1 (The Nature of Power), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=yfPuAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA93">page <span class="None" lang="und">93</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The reduction of power in a system will necessarily lead to a reduction in levels of articulation, just as depopulation will reduce the number of domains. This reduction can be seen in former provincial-rural centers in the American Midwest and West and in the Argentina pampa. In their most exaggerated form they have been totally deserted, have become "<b>ghost towns</b>."</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1993</b></span>, “Campground Host”, in <cite>Volunteer Opportunities 1993</cite>, Ogden, Utah: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture" class="extiw" title="w:United States Department of Agriculture">United States Department of Agriculture</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Forest_Service" class="extiw" title="w:United States Forest Service">Forest Service</a>, Intermountain Region, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/28667864">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=G3QTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA13">page <span class="None" lang="und">13</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Campgrounds are located approximately two miles south of the "<b>ghost town</b>" of Jarbidge, Nevada.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figuratively</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> Anything that has been <a href="/wiki/desert#Verb" title="desert">deserted</a> or <a href="/wiki/abandon#Verb" title="abandon">abandoned</a>, or has been <a href="/wiki/empty#Adjective" title="empty">empty</a> all along. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2014</b></span>, D. C. Johnston, chapter 31, in <cite>Celtic Treasure: A Mick Scott Adventure</cite>, <span class="None" lang="und"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>s.n.<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span>: Johnston Enterprises, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9916460-0-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9916460-0-5">→ISBN</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vNzrBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA195">page <span class="None" lang="und">195</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">It was the Friday evening before Christmas and ASU was a <b>ghost town</b>. Most everyone had left for the holiday several days earlier, including all of Professor Brinkerman's students.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2015</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Price_(writer)" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Price (writer)">Richard Price</a> writing as Harry Brandt, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whites_(novel)" class="extiw" title="w:The Whites (novel)">The Whites: A Novel</a></cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Holt_and_Company" class="extiw" title="w:Henry Holt and Company">Henry Holt and Company</a>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8050-9399-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8050-9399-5">→ISBN</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fvZMBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA332">page <span class="None" lang="und">332</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">At this hour, the canyoned street was a <b>ghost town</b>, and Billy easily spotted the late-model Nissan Pathfinder slowly approaching from three blocks south.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2020</b> August 18, “Empty spaces in Tsz Wan Shan amid Hong Kong’s third wave of coronavirus”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Morning_Post" class="extiw" title="w:South China Morning Post">South China Morning Post</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210906193221/https://www.scmp.com/photos/3097813/empty-spaces-tsz-wan-shan-amid-hong-kongs-third-wave-coronavirus">[1]</a></sup>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1563-9371">→ISSN</a></small>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/648902513">→OCLC</a></small>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scmp.com/photos/3097813/empty-spaces-tsz-wan-shan-amid-hong-kongs-third-wave-coronavirus">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2021-09-06">2021-09-06</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">One of the areas in Hong Kong most profoundly impacted by the city’s third wave of coronavirus is Tsz Wan Shan. The usually bustling streets of the working-class neighbourhood in Kowloon now resemble a <b>ghost town</b>. Tsz Wan Shan has been the epicentre of a recent cluster of Covid-19 cases.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ghost_town&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ghost-town&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ghost-town (page does not exist)">ghost-town</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos">noun, attributive</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ghost-townish#English" title="ghost-townish">ghost-townish</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ghost_town&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ghostland#English" title="ghostland">ghostland</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ghost_town&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-town_which_has_become_deserted"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">town which has become deserted</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="town which has become deserted"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9_%D8%A3%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="مدينة أشباح (page does not exist)">مَدِينَة أَشْبَاح</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">madīna(t) ʔašbāḥ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="مدينة الأشباح (page does not exist)">مَدِينَة الْأَشْبَاح</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">madīna(t) al-ʔašbāḥ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%84-%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="քաղաք-ուրվական (page does not exist)">քաղաք-ուրվական</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">kʻaġakʻ-urvakan</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D5%AC%D6%84%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%AE_%D5%A2%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%80&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="լքված բնակավայր (page does not exist)">լքված բնակավայր</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">lkʻvac bnakavayr</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Azerbaijani: <span class="Latn" lang="az"><a href="/w/index.php?title=kabus_%C5%9F%C9%99h%C9%99r&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kabus şəhər (page does not exist)">kabus şəhər</a></span></li> <li>Basque: <span class="Latn" lang="eu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=herri_hustu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="herri hustu (page does not exist)">herri hustu</a></span></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="пакінуты горад (page does not exist)">пакі́нуты го́рад</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">pakínuty hórad</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="изоставен град (page does not exist)">изоставен град</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">izóstavjen hrad</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="град-призрак (page does not exist)">град-при́зрак</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">grad-prízrak</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/despoblat#Catalan" title="despoblat">despoblat</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/w/index.php?title=poble_fantasma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="poble fantasma (page does not exist)">poble fantasma</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Cantonese: <span class="Hani" lang="yue"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E9%AC%BC%E5%9F%9F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="鬼域 (page does not exist)">鬼域</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yue-Latn" class="tr Latn">gwai<sup>2</sup> wik<sup>6</sup></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd> <dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%AC%BC%E9%8E%AE#Mandarin" title="鬼鎮">鬼鎮</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%AC%BC%E9%95%87#Mandarin" title="鬼镇">鬼镇</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">guǐzhèn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%AC%BC%E5%9F%8E#Mandarin" title="鬼城">鬼城</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%AC%BC%E5%9F%8E" class="extiw" title="zh:鬼城">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">guǐchéng</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/w/index.php?title=zanikl%C3%A9_s%C3%ADdlo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="zaniklé sídlo (page does not exist)">zaniklé sídlo</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/w/index.php?title=opu%C5%A1t%C4%9Bn%C3%A9_m%C4%9Bsto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="opuštěné město (page does not exist)">opuštěné město</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/w/index.php?title=sp%C3%B8gelsesby&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="spøgelsesby (page does not exist)">spøgelsesby</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/spookstad#Dutch" title="spookstad">spookstad</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/spookstad" class="extiw" title="nl:spookstad">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/fantomurbo#Esperanto" title="fantomurbo">fantomurbo</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=dezerta_urbo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="dezerta urbo (page does not exist)">dezerta urbo</a></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/w/index.php?title=kummituslinn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kummituslinn (page does not exist)">kummituslinn</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/kummituslinn" class="extiw" title="et:kummituslinn">(et)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/aavekaupunki#Finnish" title="aavekaupunki">aavekaupunki</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/aavekaupunki" class="extiw" title="fi:aavekaupunki">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/autiokaupunki#Finnish" title="autiokaupunki">autiokaupunki</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=haamukaupunki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="haamukaupunki (page does not exist)">haamukaupunki</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/haamukaupunki" class="extiw" title="fi:haamukaupunki">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/ville_fant%C3%B4me#French" title="ville fantôme">ville fantôme</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/ville_fant%C3%B4me" class="extiw" title="fr:ville fantôme">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=cidade_pantasma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="cidade pantasma (page does not exist)">cidade pantasma</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Geisterstadt#German" title="Geisterstadt">Geisterstadt</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Geisterstadt" class="extiw" title="de:Geisterstadt">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Geisterdorf#German" title="Geisterdorf">Geisterdorf</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Geisterdorf" class="extiw" title="de:Geisterdorf">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geistersiedlung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geistersiedlung (page does not exist)">Geistersiedlung</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geisterort&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geisterort (page does not exist)">Geisterort</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghosttown&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghosttown (page does not exist)">Ghosttown</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%CF%80%CF%8C%CE%BB%CE%B7_%CF%86%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%B1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="πόλη φάντασμα (page does not exist)">πόλη φάντασμα</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">póli fántasma</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%91_%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ישוב רפאים (page does not exist)">יִשּׁוּב רְפָאִים</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">yishúv refa'ím</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="עיר רפאים (page does not exist)">עִיר רְפָאִים</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">'ír refa'ím</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hindi: <span class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="भूत नगर (page does not exist)">भूत नगर</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0" class="extiw" title="hi:भूत नगर">(hi)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hi-Latn" class="tr Latn">bhūt nagar</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/k%C3%ADs%C3%A9rtetv%C3%A1ros#Hungarian" title="kísértetváros">kísértetváros</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/k%C3%ADs%C3%A9rtetv%C3%A1ros" class="extiw" title="hu:kísértetváros">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=szellemv%C3%A1ros&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="szellemváros (page does not exist)">szellemváros</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/szellemv%C3%A1ros" class="extiw" title="hu:szellemváros">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/w/index.php?title=draugab%C3%A6r&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="draugabær (page does not exist)">draugabær</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/draugab%C3%A6r" class="extiw" title="is:draugabær">(is)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Indonesian: <span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="/w/index.php?title=kota_hantu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kota hantu (page does not exist)">kota hantu</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=baile_tr%C3%A9igthe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="baile tréigthe (page does not exist)">baile tréigthe</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/w/index.php?title=citt%C3%A0_fantasma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="città fantasma (page does not exist)">città fantasma</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3#Japanese" title="ゴーストタウン">ゴーストタウン</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゴーストタウン">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">gōsutotaun</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E6%AD%BB%E9%83%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="死都 (page does not exist)">死都</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">しと, shito</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%BB%83%E6%9D%91#Japanese" title="廃村">廃村</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BB%83%E6%9D%91" class="extiw" title="ja:廃村">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">はいそん, haison</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%EC%9C%A0%EB%A0%B9_%EB%8F%84%EC%8B%9C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="유령 도시 (page does not exist)">유령 도시</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">yuryeong dosi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kurdish: <dl><dd>Northern Kurdish: <span class="Latn" lang="kmr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=bajar%C3%AA_terkkir%C3%AE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bajarê terkkirî (page does not exist)">bajarê terkkirî</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Latvian: <span class="trreq" data-lang="lv"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Lithuanian: <span class="Latn" lang="lt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=miestas_vaiduoklis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="miestas vaiduoklis (page does not exist)">miestas vaiduoklis</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Lombard: <span class="Latn" lang="lmo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=cittaa_fantasma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="cittaa fantasma (page does not exist)">cittaa fantasma</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Luxembourgish: <span class="Latn" lang="lb"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geeschterstad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geeschterstad (page does not exist)">Geeschterstad</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="град на духови (page does not exist)">град на ду́хови</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">grad na dúhovi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="духовград (page does not exist)">ду́ховград</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">dúhovgrad</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="запустен град (page does not exist)">за́пустен град</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">zápusten grad</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/sp%C3%B8kelsesby#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="spøkelsesby">spøkelsesby</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/sp%C3%B8kelsesby" class="extiw" title="no:spøkelsesby">(no)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/sp%C3%B8kelsesby#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="spøkelsesby">spøkelsesby</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=sp%C3%B8kjelsesby&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="spøkjelsesby (page does not exist)">spøkjelsesby</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%87&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="شهر متروکه (page does not exist)">شهر متروکه</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">šahr matruke</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=miasto_widmo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="miasto widmo (page does not exist)">miasto widmo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/miasto_widmo" class="extiw" title="pl:miasto widmo">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/cidade_fantasma#Portuguese" title="cidade fantasma">cidade fantasma</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ora%C8%99-fantom%C4%83&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="oraș-fantomă (page does not exist)">oraș-fantomă</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="город-призрак (page does not exist)">го́род-при́зрак</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA" class="extiw" title="ru:город-призрак">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">górod-prízrak</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="заброшенный город (page does not exist)">забро́шенный го́род</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">zabróšennyj górod</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B2%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="исчезнувший город (page does not exist)">исче́знувший го́род</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">isčéznuvšij górod</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="покинутый город (page does not exist)">поки́нутый го́род</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">pokínutyj górod</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Scots: <span class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ghaist_toun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ghaist toun (page does not exist)">ghaist toun</a></span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <span class="Cyrl" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="град духова (page does not exist)">гра̑д духова</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=grad_duhova&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="grad duhova (page does not exist)">grȃd duhova</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=mesto_duchov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mesto duchov (page does not exist)">mesto duchov</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Slovene: <span class="trreq" data-lang="sl"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/despoblado#Spanish" title="despoblado">despoblado</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/despoblado" class="extiw" title="es:despoblado">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/pueblo_fantasma#Spanish" title="pueblo fantasma">pueblo fantasma</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/ciudad_fantasma#Spanish" title="ciudad fantasma">ciudad fantasma</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/sp%C3%B6kstad#Swedish" title="spökstad">spökstad</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/sp%C3%B6kstad" class="extiw" title="sv:spökstad">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=bayang_naulog&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bayang naulog (page does not exist)">bayang naulog</a></span></li> <li>Tamil: <span class="Taml" lang="ta"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="வெறிச்சோடிய நகரம் (page does not exist)">வெறிச்சோடிய நகரம்</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ta-Latn" class="tr Latn">veṟiccōṭiya nakaram</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Taml" lang="ta"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B1_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ஆளரவமற்ற நகரம் (page does not exist)">ஆளரவமற்ற நகரம்</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ta-Latn" class="tr Latn">āḷaravamaṟṟa nakaram</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%B5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="เมืองผี (page does not exist)">เมืองผี</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">mʉʉang pǐi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=hayalet_kasaba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="hayalet kasaba (page does not exist)">hayalet kasaba</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="місто-привид (page does not exist)">мі́сто-при́вид</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">místo-prývyd</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Uyghur: <span class="Arab ug-Arab" lang="ug"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%A6%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8B%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%89_%D8%B4%DB%95%DA%BE%DB%95%D8%B1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ئالۋاستى شەھەر (page does not exist)">ئالۋاستى شەھەر</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ug-Latn" class="tr Latn">alwasti sheher</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=th%C3%A0nh_ph%E1%BB%91_b%E1%BB%8F_hoang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="thành phố bỏ hoang (page does not exist)">thành phố bỏ hoang</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ph%E1%BB%91_ma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phố ma (page does not exist)">phố ma</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ph%E1%BB%91_hoang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="phố hoang (page does not exist)">phố hoang</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=xom_ma_qu%E1%BB%B7&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="xom ma quỷ (page does not exist)">xóm ma quỷ</a></span></li> <li>Waray-Waray: <span class="Latn" lang="war"><a href="/w/index.php?title=bungto_nga_binayaan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bungto nga binayaan (page does not exist)">bungto nga binayaan</a></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/tref_anghyfannedd#Welsh" title="tref anghyfannedd">tref anghyfannedd</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-anything_that_has_been_deserted_or_abandoned"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">anything that has been deserted or abandoned</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="anything that has been deserted or abandoned"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Kurdish: <dl><dd>Northern Kurdish: <span class="Latn" lang="kmr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=terkkir%C3%AE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="terkkirî (page does not exist)">terkkirî</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/terkkir%C3%AE" class="extiw" title="ku:terkkirî">(ku)</a></span></dd></dl></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=ghost_town&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/boom_town#English" title="boom town">boom 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