Word: townsite
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: town
site
Definition: In former British colonies, a tract of land authorized to be developed as a town and then surveyed and marked out with streets.
Morphemes:
Affix: town
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.
Affix: site
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To situate or place a building.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: situs
Language: la
Decoded: situs
Meaning: position, place, site