garden city

noun

Any of several planned, self-contained communities, surrounded by "green belts", containing proportionate areas of residences, industry, and agriculture.

Meanings

garden city1

noungarden city (plural garden cities)

plural garden cities

  1. UKurban studiesAny of several planned, self-contained communities, surrounded by "green belts", containing proportionate areas of residences, industry, and agriculture.

Garden City2

Origin

Coined in the 1890s by Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928).

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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
APA

garden city. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garden%20city

MLA

“garden city.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garden%20city. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “garden city,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garden%20city.

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