English Explanatory Dictionary

urban-type settlement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. an official designation for a semi-urban settlement (or a former town) in the Soviet Union, Poland (formerly), Bulgaria (formerly) and in 10 post-Soviet republics—Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Word forms

urban-type settlement urban-type settlements

Etymology

Calque of Russian посёлок городско́го ти́па (posjólok gorodskóvo típa).

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