town vs Aalst

town and Aalst both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
town	Yes	No	No	No
Aalst	Yes	No	No	No

town (noun)	Aalst (noun)
the people living in a municipality smaller than a city	a town in central Belgium
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
an administrative division of a county