The city has modernized and continued to urbanize.
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Urbanize
Synonyms for "urbanize" (3 found)
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Translations
25 translations across 16 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- şəhərləşmək verb (to take up an urban way of life)
Belarusian
1 entries- урбанізава́ць verb (to make something more urban in character)
Bulgarian
1 entries- урбанизирам verb (to take up an urban way of life)
Catalan
1 entries- urbanitzar verb (to make something more urban in character)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 城市化 verb (to make something more urban in character)
Finnish
2 entries- kaupunkilaistua verb (to take up an urban way of life)
- kaupunkimaistaa verb (to make something more urban in character)
Galician
1 entries- urbanizar verb (to make something more urban in character)
German
1 entries- urbanisieren verb (to make something more urban in character)
Greek
1 entries- αστικοποιώ verb (to make something more urban in character)
Hungarian
4 entries- urbanizál verb (to make something more urban in character)
- urbanizálódik verb (to take up an urban way of life)
- városiasodik verb (to take up an urban way of life)
- városiasít verb (to make something more urban in character)
Polish
4 entries- stawać się mieszczuchem verb (to take up an urban way of life)
- stać się mieszczuchem verb (to take up an urban way of life)
- urbanizować verb (to make something more urban in character)
- zurbanizować verb (to make something more urban in character)
Portuguese
2 entries- urbanizar verb (to make something more urban in character)
- urbanizar-se verb (to take up an urban way of life)
Romanian
1 entries- urbaniza verb (to make something more urban in character)
Russian
1 entries- урбанизи́ровать verb (to make something more urban in character)
Spanish
2 entries- urbanizar verb (to make something more urban in character)
- urbanizarse verb (to take up an urban way of life)
Ukrainian
1 entries- урбанізува́ти verb (to make something more urban in character)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
This neighborhood is starting to urbanize.
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