In Scotland the word town has no specific legal meaning and (especially in areas which were or are still Gaelic-speaking) can refer to a mere collection of buildings (e.g. a farm-town or in Scots ), not all of which might be inhabited, or to an inhabited area of any size which is not otherwise described in terms such as city, burgh, etc. Many locations of greatly different size will be encountered with a name ending with -town, -ton, -toun etc. (or beginning with the Gaelic equivalent etc.).
in scotland the word town has no specific legal meaning and (especially in areas which were or are still gaelic-speaking) can refer to a mere collection of buildings (eg a farm-town or in scots ) not all of which might be inhabited or to an inhabited area of any size which is not otherwise described in terms such as city burgh etc many locations of greatly different size will be encountered with a name ending with -town -ton -toun etc (or beginning with the gaelic equivalent etc)