Etymology

polykatoikia

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Today it means: A type of concrete urban housing block in postwar Greece. Full definition →

First used 20th c.Greek πολυκατοικία
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  1. Greek · derived fromπολυκατοικία
  2. English todaypolykatoikia

From Greek πολυκατοικία (polykatoikía).

First known use, by meaning

  • from 20th c. A type of concrete urban housing block in postwar Greece.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.