urbanization

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Etymology tree English urban Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English urbanize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English urbanization From urbanize + -ation.

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: verstedeliking — growth of cities
• Afrikaans: urbanisasie — growth of cities
• Albanian: urbanizim — growth of cities
• Arabic: تَمَدُّن (tamaddun) — growth of cities
• Arabic: تَحَضُّر (taḥaḍḍur) — growth of cities
• Armenian: քաղաքակենտրոնացում (kʻaġakʻakentronacʻum) — growth of cities
• Azerbaijani: şəhərləşmə — growth of cities
• Azerbaijani: urbanizasiya — growth of cities
• Belarusian: урбаніза́цыя (urbanizácyja) — growth of cities
• Bengali: নগরায়ন (nograẏon) — growth of cities
• Bulgarian: урбаниза́ция (urbanizácija) — growth of cities
• Catalan: urbanització — growth of cities
• Chinese Mandarin: 城市化 (chéngshìhuà) — growth of cities
• Chinese Mandarin: 都市化 (dūshìhuà) — growth of cities
• Czech: urbanizace — growth of cities
• Danish: urbanisering — growth of cities
• Dutch: verstedelijking — growth of cities
• Dutch: urbanisatie — growth of cities
• Estonian: linnastumine — growth of cities
• Estonian: urbaniseerumine — growth of cities
• Finnish: kaupungistuminen — growth of cities
• French: urbanisation — growth of cities
• Galician: urbanización — growth of cities
• Georgian: ურბანიზაცია (urbanizacia) — growth of cities
• German: Urbanisierung — growth of cities
• German: Verstädterung — growth of cities
• German: Urbanisation — growth of cities
• Greek: αστικοποίηση (astikopoíisi) — growth of cities
• Hebrew: עִיּוּר ('iyúr) — growth of cities
• Hindi: नगरीकरण (nagrīkraṇ) — growth of cities
• Hungarian: urbanizáció — growth of cities
• Icelandic: þéttbýlismyndun — growth of cities
• Indonesian: urbanisasi — growth of cities
• Irish: cathrú — growth of cities
• Irish: uirbiú — growth of cities
• Italian: urbanizzazione — growth of cities
• Japanese: 都市化 (toshika) — growth of cities
• Kazakh: қалалану (qalalanu) — growth of cities
• Kazakh: кенттену (kenttenu) — growth of cities
• Kazakh: урбанизация (urbanizasiä) — growth of cities
• Kazakh: урбандалу (urbandalu) — growth of cities
• Khmer: នគរូបនីយកម្ម (nɔɔkɔɔruupaʼniiyĕəʼkam) — growth of cities
• Korean: 도시화 (dosihwa) — growth of cities
• Kyrgyz: шаардаштыруу (şaardaştıruu) — growth of cities
• Kyrgyz: урбанизация (urbanizatsiya) — growth of cities
• Latvian: urbanizācija — growth of cities
• Lithuanian: urbanizacija — growth of cities
• Macedonian: урбанизација (urbanizacija) — growth of cities
• Malay: pembandaran — growth of cities
• Mongolian: хотжилт (xotžilt) — growth of cities
• Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠲᠠᠵᠢᠯᠲᠠ (qotaǰilta) — growth of cities
• Norwegian Bokmål: urbanisering — growth of cities
• Occitan: urbanizacion — growth of cities
• Persian: شهرنشینی (šahr-nešini) — growth of cities
• Polish: urbanizacja — growth of cities
• Portuguese: urbanização — growth of cities
• Punjabi: ਸ਼ਹਿਰੀਕਰਨ (śahirīkran) — growth of cities
• Romanian: urbanizare — growth of cities
• Romanian: urbanizație — growth of cities
• Russian: урбаниза́ция (urbanizácija) — growth of cities
• Serbo-Croatian: урбаниза́ција — growth of cities
• Serbo-Croatian: urbanizácija — growth of cities
• Slovak: urbanizácia — growth of cities
• Slovene: urbanizacija — growth of cities
• Spanish: urbanización — growth of cities
• Swedish: urbanisering — growth of cities
• Tajik: урбанизатсия (urbanizatsiya) — growth of cities
• Tajik: шаҳришавӣ (šahrišavi) — growth of cities
• Thai: นคราภิวัตน์ — growth of cities
• Thai: การกลายเป็นนคร — growth of cities
• Thai: การกลายเป็นเมือง — growth of cities
• Thai: การทําให้เป็นเมือง — growth of cities
• Thai: การมีลักษณะแบบเมือง — growth of cities
• Turkish: şehirleşme — growth of cities
• Turkish: kentleşme — growth of cities
• Ukrainian: урбаніза́ція (urbanizácija) — growth of cities
• Urdu: شہرکاری (śaharkārī) — growth of cities
• Uyghur: شەھەرلىشىش (sheherlishish) — growth of cities
• Uzbek: urbanizatsiya — growth of cities
• Vietnamese: sự thành thị hoá — growth of cities
• Vietnamese: đô thị hóa — growth of cities
• Welsh: trefoli — growth of cities
• Armenian: քաղաքակենտրոնացում (kʻaġakʻakentronacʻum) — change in region
• Finnish: kaupungistuminen — change in region
• French: urbanisation — change in region
• German: Urbanisierung — change in region
• Greek: αστικοποίηση (astikopoíisi) — change in region
• Irish: uirbiú — change in region
• Italian: urbanizzazione — change in region
• Khmer: នគរូបនីយកម្ម (nɔɔkɔɔruupaʼniiyĕəʼkam) — change in region
• Polish: urbanizacja — change in region
• Russian: урбаниза́ция (urbanizácija) — change in region
• Welsh: trefoli — change in region
• Armenian: քաղաքակենտրոնացում (kʻaġakʻakentronacʻum) — proportion living in cities
• Finnish: kaupungistumisaste — proportion living in cities
• German: Anteil der Stadtbewohner — proportion living in cities
• German: Urbanisierung — proportion living in cities
• German: Stadtbewohner — proportion living in cities
• Greek: αστικοποίηση (astikopoíisi) — proportion living in cities
• Italian: urbanizzazione — proportion living in cities
• Khmer: នគរូបនីយកម្ម (nɔɔkɔɔruupaʼniiyĕəʼkam) — proportion living in cities
• Polish: urbanizacja — proportion living in cities
• Russian: урбаниза́ция (urbanizácija) — proportion living in cities
• Welsh: trefoliad — proportion living in cities