polykatoikia
polykatoikia noun: a type of concrete urban housing block in postwar Greece.
Noun
polykatoikia (plural polykatoikias or polykatoikies)
- A type of concrete urban housing block in postwar Greece.
- Although architects and historians have voiced a profound sense of failure with regard to the polykatoikia, I want to argue for its positive aspects.2005, Ioanna Theocharopoulou, in Heynen & Baydar, Negotiating Domesticity, Routledge 2005, p. 68
- This was the era of the polykatoikia, the apartment block built of unadorned concrete and typically five or six storeys high.2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin, published 2020, page 307
Forms of polykatoikia
| plural | polykatoikias |
|---|---|
| plural | polykatoikies |
Origin of polykatoikia
From Greek πολυκατοικία (polykatoikía).
Questions about polykatoikia
- What does polykatoikia mean?
- Polykatoikia means a type of concrete urban housing block in postwar Greece.
- What part of speech is polykatoikia?
- Polykatoikia is a noun.
- What is the plural of polykatoikia?
- The plural of polykatoikia is polykatoikias.
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