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peri-urbanization

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
per-i-ur-ban-iza-tion
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The piecemeal urbanization of the rural areas around a city

Uncountable

Etymology

From peri- + urbanization, from French périurbanisation.

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Questions

What does peri-urbanization mean?
The piecemeal urbanization of the rural areas around a city
Where does peri-urbanization come from?
From peri- + urbanization, from French périurbanisation.

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