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Noun
1. commuter town; bedroom community; dormitory townWasei, word made in Japan, From English “bed town”. Wasei (word made in Japan)
Wikipedia definition
2. Commuter townA commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commutes out to earn their livelihood. Many commuter towns act as suburbs of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily, and many suburbs are commuter towns. Commuter towns belong to the metropolitan area of a city, and a ring of commuter towns around an urban area is known as a commuter belt.
Read “Commuter town” on English Wikipedia
Read “ベッドタウン” on Japanese Wikipedia
Read “Commuter town” on DBpedia
Other forms
ベットタウンベッド・タウンベット・タウン
Notes
ベットタウン: Irregular kana usage. ベット・タウン: Irregular kana usage.

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