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urban-type settlement

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables
ur-ban--type- set-tle-ment
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

urban-type settlements (plural)

Questions

What does urban-type settlement mean?
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
Where does urban-type settlement come from?
Calque of Russian посёлок городско́го ти́па (posjólok gorodskóvo típa).

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