urban-type settlement
urban-type settlement 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.
Noun
urban-type settlement (plural urban-type settlements)
- 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
- Coordinate term: rural-type settlement
Forms of urban-type settlement
| plural | urban-type settlements |
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Origin of urban-type settlement
Calque of Russian посёлок городско́го ти́па (posjólok gorodskóvo típa).
Questions about urban-type settlement
- What does urban-type settlement mean?
- Urban-type settlement means 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.
- What part of speech is urban-type settlement?
- Urban-type settlement is a noun.
- What is the plural of urban-type settlement?
- The plural of urban-type settlement is urban-type settlements.
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