English Explanatory Dictionary

urbanization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process of the formation and growth of cities.
  2. The change in a country or region when its population migrates from rural to urban areas.
  3. The proportion of a region's population that live in towns and cities; the rate at which this proportion is growing.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

urbanization urbanizations urbanisation

Etymology

From urbanize + -ation.

Derived words

peri-urbanization

Translations

Armenian: քաղաքակենտրոնացում Finnish: kaupungistuminen French: urbanisation German: Urbanisierung Greek: αστικοποίηση Irish: uirbiú Italian: urbanizzazione Khmer: នគរូបនីយកម្ម Polish: urbanizacja Russian: урбаниза́ция Welsh: trefoli
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