Meanings
nounurbanization (countable and uncountable, plural urbanizations)
plural urbanizations · alternative urbanisation
- countableuncountableThe change in a country or region when its population migrates from rural to urban areas.
- countableuncountableThe proportion of a region's population that live in towns and cities; the rate at which this proportion is growing.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
Similar
Broader
social process
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*werbʰ-
- Proto-Italic*worβis?
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰerdʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰórdʰosder.?
- Latinurbs
- Latinurbānus
- Middle Frenchurbain
- Latinurbānus
- Englishurban
- Englishurbanize
- Englishurbanization
Translations
Afrikaans verstedeliking, urbanisasie
- verstedelikinggrowth of cities
- urbanisasiegrowth of cities
Arabic تَمَدُّن, تَحَضُّر
- تَمَدُّن (tamaddun)growth of cities
- تَحَضُّر (taḥaḍḍur)growth of cities
Bengali নগরায়ন
- নগরায়ন (nograẏon)growth of cities
Bulgarian урбаниза́ция
- урбаниза́ция (urbanizácija)growth of cities
Catalan urbanització
- urbanitzaciógrowth of cities
Chinese Mandarin 城市化, 都市化
- 城市化 (chéngshìhuà)growth of cities
- 都市化 (dūshìhuà)growth of cities
Czech urbanizace
- urbanizacegrowth of cities
Danish urbanisering
- urbaniseringgrowth of cities
Dutch verstedelijking, urbanisatie
- verstedelijkinggrowth of cities
- urbanisatiegrowth of cities
Estonian linnastumine, urbaniseerumine
- linnastuminegrowth of cities
- urbaniseeruminegrowth of cities
Finnish kaupungistuminen, kaupungistumisaste
- kaupungistuminengrowth of cities
- kaupungistumisasteproportion living in cities
- kaupungistuminenchange in region
French urbanisation, urbanisation
- urbanisationgrowth of cities
- urbanisationchange in region
German Urbanisierung, Verstädterung
- Urbanisierunggrowth of cities
- Verstädterunggrowth of cities
- Urbanisationgrowth of cities
- Anteil der Stadtbewohnerproportion living in cities
- Urbanisierungproportion living in cities
- Stadtbewohnerproportion living in cities
- Urbanisierungchange in region
Greek αστικοποίηση, αστικοποίηση
- αστικοποίηση (astikopoíisi)growth of cities
- αστικοποίηση (astikopoíisi)proportion living in cities
- αστικοποίηση (astikopoíisi)change in region
Hebrew עִיּוּר
- עִיּוּר ('iyúr)growth of cities
Hindi नगरीकरण
- नगरीकरण (nagrīkraṇ)growth of cities
Hungarian urbanizáció
- urbanizációgrowth of cities
Icelandic þéttbýlismyndun
- þéttbýlismyndungrowth of cities
Indonesian urbanisasi
- urbanisasigrowth of cities
Irish cathrú, uirbiú
- cathrúgrowth of cities
- uirbiúgrowth of cities
- uirbiúchange in region
Italian urbanizzazione, urbanizzazione
- urbanizzazionegrowth of cities
- urbanizzazioneproportion living in cities
- urbanizzazionechange in region
Japanese 都市化
- 都市化 (toshika)growth of cities
Korean 도시화
- 도시화 (dosihwa)growth of cities
Latvian urbanizācija
- urbanizācijagrowth of cities
Lithuanian urbanizacija
- urbanizacijagrowth of cities
Malay pembandaran
- pembandarangrowth of cities
Norwegian Bokmål urbanisering
- urbaniseringgrowth of cities
Persian شهرنشینی
- شهرنشینی (šahr-nešini)growth of cities
Polish urbanizacja, urbanizacja
- urbanizacjagrowth of cities
- urbanizacjaproportion living in cities
- urbanizacjachange in region
Portuguese urbanização
- urbanizaçãogrowth of cities
Punjabi ਸ਼ਹਿਰੀਕਰਨ
- ਸ਼ਹਿਰੀਕਰਨ (śahirīkran)growth of cities
Romanian urbanizare, urbanizație
- urbanizaregrowth of cities
- urbanizațiegrowth of cities
Russian урбаниза́ция, урбаниза́ция
- урбаниза́ция (urbanizácija)growth of cities
- урбаниза́ция (urbanizácija)proportion living in cities
- урбаниза́ция (urbanizácija)change in region
Slovak urbanizácia
- urbanizáciagrowth of cities
Spanish urbanización
- urbanizacióngrowth of cities
Swedish urbanisering
- urbaniseringgrowth of cities
Thai นคราภิวัตน์, การกลายเป็นนคร
- นคราภิวัตน์growth of cities
- การกลายเป็นนครgrowth of cities
- การกลายเป็นเมืองgrowth of cities
- การทำให้เป็นเมืองgrowth of cities
- การมีลักษณะแบบเมืองgrowth of cities
Turkish şehirleşme, kentleşme
- şehirleşmegrowth of cities
- kentleşmegrowth of cities
Ukrainian урбаніза́ція
- урбаніза́ція (urbanizácija)growth of cities
Urdu شہرکاری
- شہرکاری (śaharkārī)growth of cities
Vietnamese sự thành thị hoá, đô thị hóa
- sự thành thị hoágrowth of cities
- đô thị hóagrowth of cities
Welsh trefoli, trefoliad
- trefoligrowth of cities
- trefoliadproportion living in cities
- trefolichange in region
Cite this entry
APA
urbanization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urbanization
MLA
“urbanization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urbanization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urbanization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urbanization.
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