Uptown

English

Etymology

Charlotte: In use since the 1890s. The name's popularity faded in the 1930s but was revived in 1973.

Proper noun

Uptown

  1. The central business district of Charlotte, North Carolina.
    • 2010 July 13, Craig Distl, Insiders' Guide® to Charlotte, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, pages 33, 41:
      On weekends the historic Charlotte Trolley runs from Atherton Mill in South End, through a tunnel inside the Charlotte Convention Center in Uptown, and all the way up to Ninth Street. […] Charlotte Bobcats Arena opened on Trade Street in Uptown. It is home to the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, the Charlotte Checkers minor-league hockey team, and a host of college basketball tournaments and nationally touring concerts.
    • 2019, China Brotsky, Sarah Mendelson Eisinger, Diane Vinokur-Kaplan, Shared Space and the New Nonprofit Workplace, →ISBN, page 38:
      Corporations were moving to Charlotte, and developers were buying rundown buildings in Uptown and replacing them with condominiums. But many low-income people still lived in Uptown and surrounding areas.
    • 2025 December 2, Jason Frye, Moon Travel Guides, Moon North Carolina: With Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Blue Ridge Parkway, Coastal Getaways, Craft Beer & BBQ, Moon Travel, →ISBN:
      Its proximity to Uptown and Bank of America Stadium ensures that this park has many visitors in addition to the regular neighborhood users.
  2. A neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    Synonym: Bluff

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