Meanings
garden city1
plural garden cities
- UKurban studiesAny of several planned, self-contained communities, surrounded by "green belts", containing proportionate areas of residences, industry, and agriculture.
Garden City2
- A residential area of Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- A neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- A village in Flintshire, Wales, north of the River Dee (OS grid ref SJ3269).
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Blount County and Cullman County, Alabama.
- A statutory town in Weld County, Colorado.
- A city in Chatham County, Georgia.
- A city in Ada County, Idaho.
- A city, the county seat of Finney County, Kansas.
- A city in Wayne County, Michigan.
- A city in Cass County, Missouri.
- A village, the county seat of Nassau County, Long Island, New York.
- A community in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
- A village in Cranston, Rhode Island.
- A tiny town in Clark County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place, the county seat of Glasscock County, Texas.
- A town in Rich County, Utah.
- A neighbourhood of Roanoke, Virginia.
Origin
Coined in the 1890s by Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan ciutat jardí
- ciutat jardíplanned city with gardens
Chinese Mandarin 花園城市 /花园城市
- 花園城市 /花园城市 (huāyuán chéngshì)planned city with gardens
Finnish puutarhakaupunki
- puutarhakaupunkiplanned city with gardens
French cité-jardin
- cité-jardinplanned city with gardens
German Gartenstadt
- Gartenstadtplanned city with gardens
Greek κηπούπολη
- κηπούπολη (kipoúpoli)planned city with gardens
Italian città giardino
- città giardinoplanned city with gardens
Japanese 田園都市
- 田園都市 (den'en toshi)planned city with gardens
Korean 전원도시
- 전원도시 (jeonwondosi)planned city with gardens
Portuguese cidade-jardim
- cidade-jardimplanned city with gardens
Spanish ciudad jardín
- ciudad jardínplanned city with gardens
Swahili mji wa bustani
- mji wa bustaniplanned city with gardens
Swedish trädgårdsstad
- trädgårdsstadplanned city with gardens
Cite this entry
garden city. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garden%20city
“garden city.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garden%20city. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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