How do you say 町 (in addresses) in English?


I know that in a normal context, 町 means town.

But I'm pretty sure it's different in Japanese addresses, where it typically
goes like:

＿＿県＿＿市＿＿区＿＿町＿＿＿＿＿＿

I know that 県 means prefecture, 市 means city, and 区 means ward.

But how do you say 町 in English? I've been searching around and I couldn't
find an answer.




### ＿都/道/府/県 ＿市 ＿区 ＿町

町 is just part of the name of an area in 市/区, so it can be written as `(-)cho`
or `(-)machi` depending on its actual name. An area name does not always
contain 町.

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    東京都町田市小山町（Oyamacho / Oyama-cho）
    東京都町田市金森（Kanamori）
    東京都千代田区一番町（Ichibancho / Ichiban-cho）
    東京都千代田区飯田橋（Iidabashi）
    大阪府大阪市中央区松屋町（Matsuyamachi / Matsuya-machi）
    大阪府大阪市中央区北浜（Kitahama）
    
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Note:

  * 区 is only for the special wards of Tokyo (特別区 / 東京都区部 / 東京23区) and wards of designated cities (政令指定都市の行政区). Normal cities do not have 区.
  * Each of the special wards of Tokyo is equivalent to a single city. Therefore it does not have 市 in its address name.

* * *

### ＿都/道/府/県 ＿郡 ＿町

町 belonging to 郡 is an independent municipality in the same manner as 市 is, so
you can call it a `town`. However, it is often written as `-cho` or `-machi`
too.

[code]

    神奈川県足柄下郡箱根町（Hakone Town / Hakone-machi）強羅（Goura）
    愛知県海部郡蟹江町（Kanie Town / Kanie-cho）八幡（Hachiman）
    愛知県海部郡蟹江町（Kanie Town / Kanie-cho）本町（Honmachi）
    
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Some towns have 町 inside them like 蟹江町本町 above, but again they are just part
of the names of smaller sections in towns.

