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urbanization

noun

Etymology

From urbanize + -ation.

  1. derived from *gʰerdʰ-✻ — “to encircle, enclose; a belt; an enclosure, fence”
  2. derived from urbānus — “of or belonging to a city, urban; of manners or style: like those of city dwellers: cultivated, polished, refined, sophisticated”
  3. borrowed from urbain — “belonging to a city, urban; courteous, refined, urbane”
  4. suffixed as urbanize — “urban + ize”
  5. suffixed as urbanization — “urbanize + ation”

Definitions

  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 proportion of a region's population that live in towns and cities; the rate at which this proportion is growing.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA