subdivision en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /sʌbdiˈviʃon/ (Philippines)
- /ˈsʌbdɪvɪʒən/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English division English subdivision From sub- + division.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
Formosa: Prewar conditions in Formosa were described in an article in FOREIGN COMMERCE WEEKLY of January 1, 1944. According to an announcement of the official Chinese News Service, there are to be 8 chief administrative subdivisions of Formosa. Although it is not known that their boundary lines will exactly coincide with those of the provinces under Japanese rule, this is probable. Names of the new hsien (districts), with corresponding Japanese province names in parentheses, are as follows: Taipei (Taihoku); Hsinchu (Shinchiku); Taichung (Taichu); Tainan (Tainan); Kaohsiung (Takao); Hwalienkan (Karenko); and Taitung (Taito). The Pescadores Islands form the eighth hsien. Nine cities will continue to be recognized as municipalities: Taipei (Taihoku); Taichung (Taichu); Tainan (Tainan); Chilung (Kiirun or Keelung); Kaohsiung (Takao); Hsinchu (Shinchiku); Chiayi (Kagi); Changhua (Shoka); and Pintung (Heito).
1945 December, Resumption of United States Trade with the Far East: Reopening of Commercial Channels and Relaxation of Trade Controls, Far Eastern Unit, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, →OCLC, page 3:
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(countable) Such a piece that has been divided.
Work on one subdivision at a time.
- (countable) A parcel of land that has been divided into lots.
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(countable) A group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area.
They're putting in a new subdivision out past Black Ranch Road.
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(Philippines, countable, uncountable) A gated community located within a barangay.
As the farms give way to the residential subdivisions and industrial estates, the centuries-old traditional Filipino houses, slightly raised above grounds and standing on stilts, are abandoned in the quest for more living space.
2014, Rodelio B. Carating, Raymundo G. Galanta, Clarita D. Bacatio, The Soils of the Philippines, Springer Science & Business, →ISBN, page 51:... By the 1970s, cattle rustling had fallen by the wayside, as tractors replaced carabaos and industrial estates and residential subdivisions supplanted rice fields as the mainstays of Cavite's suburban northern towns.
1999, Vicente L. Rafael, Figures of Criminality in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Colonial Vietnam, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 81:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| subd. | alternative | lexicographic | |
| subdiv. | alternative | lexicographic | |
| subdivisions | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| sbdv. | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
minisubdivision · subdivisional
Translations (43)
ka დანაწილება (division into smaller pieces of something) · hu alosztály (group of houses) · bg поразде́ляне (division into smaller pieces of something) · de Unterabteilen (division into smaller pieces of something) · pt subdivisão (division into smaller pieces of something) · fi jae (such a piece that has been divided) · fi tonttimaa (parcel of land) · hu alosztály (parcel of land) · hu felosztás (group of houses) · es lotificación (parcel of land) · hi उपखंड (division into smaller pieces of something) · fi jakaminen (division into smaller pieces of something) · de Unterteilen (division into smaller pieces of something) · mi kārawarawatanga (division into smaller pieces of something) · sco subdiveesion (division into smaller pieces of something) · mi kārawarawatanga (such a piece that has been divided) · fi talot (group of houses) · mi tekiona (parcel of land) · hu felosztás (parcel of land) · ro subdiviziune (division into smaller pieces of something) · et allüksus (group of houses) · cy israniad (such a piece that has been divided) · cy israniad (group of houses) · fi jako (division into smaller pieces of something) · uk підро́зділ (such a piece that has been divided) · et allüksus (parcel of land) · bg подразделе́ние (such a piece that has been divided) · io subdividuro (group of houses) · es lotificación (group of houses) · es subdivisión (division into smaller pieces of something) · ka ნაწილებად დაყოფა (division into smaller pieces of something) · io subdividuro (parcel of land) · fi osittaminen (division into smaller pieces of something) · de Unterabteilung (division into smaller pieces of something) · mi wāhanga (division into smaller pieces of something) · ka ქვედანაყოფი (such a piece that has been divided) · ru подразделе́ние (such a piece that has been divided) · fi lohkominen (division into smaller pieces of something) · cy israniad (division into smaller pieces of something) · de Subdivision (division into smaller pieces of something) · hi खण्डित (such a piece that has been divided) · gl subdivisión (division into smaller pieces of something) · de Unterteilung (division into smaller pieces of something)