Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rural-type settlement

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: ru-ral--type- set-tle-ment
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

7

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a semi-official designation for a settlement with a rural character, where settlement would not be enough to distinguish it from urban-type settlement

Etymology

Calque of Russian посёлок се́льского ти́па (posjólok sélʹskovo típa), Ukrainian се́лище сільсько́го ти́пу (sélyšče silʹsʹkóho týpu), or similar.

Inflected Forms

rural-type settlements (plural)

Questions

What does rural-type settlement mean?: a semi-official designation for a settlement with a rural character, where settlement would not be enough to distinguish it from urban-type settlement
Where does rural-type settlement come from?: Calque of Russian посёлок се́льского ти́па (posjólok sélʹskovo típa), Ukrainian се́лище сільсько́го ти́пу (sélyšče silʹsʹkóho týpu), or similar.

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