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

“Coordinate term: rural-type settlement”

OriginRussian посёлок городско́го ти́па →
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Meanings

nounurban-type settlement (plural urban-type settlements)

plural urban-type settlements

  1. 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

Origin

  1. Russianпосёлок городско́го ти́па
  2. Englishurban-type settlement

Calque of Russian посёлок городско́го ти́па (posjólok gorodskóvo típa).

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Translations

Bulgarian се́лище от гра́дски тип
  • се́лище от гра́дски тип (sélište ot grádski tip)an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
Czech sídlo městského typu
  • sídlo městského typuan official designation for a semi-urban settlement
German Siedlung städtischen Typs
  • Siedlung städtischen Typsan official designation for a semi-urban settlement
Lithuanian miesto tipo gyvenvietė
  • miesto tipo gyvenvietėan official designation for a semi-urban settlement
Polish osiedle typu miejskiego
  • osiedle typu miejskiegoan official designation for a semi-urban settlement
Russian посёлок городско́го ти́па, ПГТ
  • посёлок городско́го ти́па (posjólok gorodskóvo típa)an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
  • ПГТ (PGT)an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
Ukrainian се́лище місько́го ти́пу
  • се́лище місько́го ти́пу (sélyšče misʹkóho týpu)an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
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Chicago

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