Phrase guide

urban-type settlement

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Coordinate term: rural-type settlement

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: քաղաքատիպ ավան (kʻaġakʻatip avan) — an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
  • Belarusian: пасёлак гарадско́га ты́пу (pasjólak haradskóha týpu) — an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
  • Bulgarian: се́лище от гра́дски тип (sélište ot grádski tip) — an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
  • Czech: sídlo městského typu — an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
  • Georgian: დაბა (daba) — an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
  • German: Siedlung städtischen Typs — an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
  • Kyrgyz: шаарча (şaarca) — an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
  • Kyrgyz: кенче (kence) — an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
  • Lithuanian: miesto tipo gyvenvietė — an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
  • Macedonian: населба од градски тип (naselba od gradski tip) — an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
  • Polish: osiedle typu miejskiego — an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
  • Russian: посёлок городско́го ти́па (posjólok gorodskóvo típa) — an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
  • Russian: ПГТ (PGT) — an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
  • Tatar: шәһәр тибындагы бистә (şähär tibındağı bistä) — an official designation for a semi-urban settlement
  • Ukrainian: се́лище місько́го ти́пу (sélyšče misʹkóho týpu) — an official designation for a semi-urban settlement