Urbanization is encroaching on rural life.
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Urbanization
Synonyms for "urbanization" (3 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
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11 entriesTranslations
99 translations across 57 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- urbanizim noun (growth of cities)
Arabic
2 entries- تَحَضُّر noun (growth of cities)
- تَمَدُّن noun (growth of cities)
Armenian
3 entries- քաղաքակենտրոնացում noun (growth of cities)
- քաղաքակենտրոնացում noun (change in region)
- քաղաքակենտրոնացում noun (proportion living in cities)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- urbanizasiya noun (growth of cities)
- şəhərləşmə noun (growth of cities)
Belarusian
1 entries- урбаніза́цыя noun (growth of cities)
Bengali
1 entries- নগরায়ন noun (growth of cities)
Bulgarian
1 entries- урбаниза́ция noun (growth of cities)
Catalan
1 entries- urbanització noun (growth of cities)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 城市化 noun (growth of cities)
- 都市化 noun (growth of cities)
Czech
1 entries- urbanizace noun (growth of cities)
Danish
1 entries- urbanisering noun (growth of cities)
Dutch
1 entries- verstedelijking noun (growth of cities)
Estonian
2 entries- linnastumine noun (growth of cities)
- urbaniseerumine noun (growth of cities)
Finnish
3 entries- kaupungistuminen noun (growth of cities)
- kaupungistuminen noun (change in region)
- kaupungistumisaste noun (proportion living in cities)
French
2 entries- urbanisation noun (growth of cities)
- urbanisation noun (change in region)
Galician
1 entries- urbanización noun (growth of cities)
Georgian
1 entries- ურბანიზაცია noun (growth of cities)
German
4 entries- Anteil der Stadtbewohner noun (proportion living in cities)
- Stadtbewohner noun (proportion living in cities)
- Urbanisation noun (growth of cities)
- Urbanisierung noun (growth of cities)
Greek
3 entries- αστικοποίηση noun (growth of cities)
- αστικοποίηση noun (change in region)
- αστικοποίηση noun (proportion living in cities)
Hebrew
1 entries- עִיּוּר noun (growth of cities)
Hindi
1 entries- नगरीकरण noun (growth of cities)
Hungarian
1 entries- urbanizáció noun (growth of cities)
Icelandic
1 entries- þéttbýlismyndun noun (growth of cities)
Indonesian
1 entries- urbanisasi noun (growth of cities)
Irish
3 entries- cathrú noun (growth of cities)
- uirbiú noun (growth of cities)
- uirbiú noun (change in region)
Italian
3 entries- urbanizzazione noun (growth of cities)
- urbanizzazione noun (change in region)
- urbanizzazione noun (proportion living in cities)
Japanese
1 entries- 都市化 noun (growth of cities)
Kazakh
4 entries- кенттену noun (growth of cities)
- урбандалу noun (growth of cities)
- урбанизация noun (growth of cities)
- қалалану noun (growth of cities)
Khmer
3 entries- នគរូបនីយកម្ម noun (growth of cities)
- នគរូបនីយកម្ម noun (change in region)
- នគរូបនីយកម្ម noun (proportion living in cities)
Korean
1 entries- 도시화 noun (growth of cities)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- урбанизация noun (growth of cities)
- шаардаштыруу noun (growth of cities)
Latvian
1 entries- urbanizācija noun (growth of cities)
Lithuanian
1 entries- urbanizacija noun (growth of cities)
Macedonian
1 entries- урбанизација noun (growth of cities)
Malay
1 entries- pembandaran noun (growth of cities)
Mongolian
2 entries- хотжилт noun (growth of cities)
- ᠬᠣᠲᠠᠵᠢᠯᠲᠠ noun (growth of cities)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- urbanisering noun (growth of cities)
Persian
1 entries- شهرنشینی noun (growth of cities)
Polish
3 entries- urbanizacja noun (growth of cities)
- urbanizacja noun (change in region)
- urbanizacja noun (proportion living in cities)
Portuguese
1 entries- urbanização noun (growth of cities)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਸ਼ਹਿਰੀਕਰਨ noun (growth of cities)
Romanian
1 entries- urbanizare noun (growth of cities)
Russian
3 entries- урбаниза́ция noun (growth of cities)
- урбаниза́ция noun (change in region)
- урбаниза́ция noun (proportion living in cities)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- urbanizácija noun (growth of cities)
- урбаниза́ција noun (growth of cities)
Slovak
1 entries- urbanizácia noun (growth of cities)
Slovene
1 entries- urbanizacija noun (growth of cities)
Spanish
1 entries- urbanización noun (growth of cities)
Swedish
1 entries- urbanisering noun (growth of cities)
Tajik
2 entries- урбанизатсия noun (growth of cities)
- шаҳришавӣ noun (growth of cities)
Thai
4 entries- การกลายเป็นนคร noun (growth of cities)
- การกลายเป็นเมือง noun (growth of cities)
- การทำให้เป็นเมือง noun (growth of cities)
- การมีลักษณะแบบเมือง noun (growth of cities)
Turkish
2 entries- kentleşme noun (growth of cities)
- şehirleşme noun (growth of cities)
Ukrainian
1 entries- урбаніза́ція noun (growth of cities)
Urdu
1 entries- شہرکاری noun (growth of cities)
Uyghur
1 entries- شەھەرلىشىش noun (growth of cities)
Uzbek
1 entries- urbanizatsiya noun (growth of cities)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sự thành thị hoá noun (growth of cities)
- đô thị hóa noun (growth of cities)
Welsh
3 entries- trefoli noun (growth of cities)
- trefoli noun (change in region)
- trefoliad noun (proportion living in cities)
Sample sentences
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Natural languages are not a reflection of the peoples' culture but rather a result of a massive, uncontrolled and hasty urbanization process, which stripped people of their true national identity only to substitute it with the cattle atmosphere of McDonald's, reality TV and commercial porn.
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Agriculture, forestry and urbanization are increasing the amount of sediment, chemicals and plastics flowing into the oceans, and contaminating the coastline.
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China continues to lose arable land because of erosion and urbanization.
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