Dictionary

suburbanization en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English suburbanize 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 suburbanization From suburbanize + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of suburbanizing, of population movement from cities to suburbs
   • “New York was a leader in postwar suburbanization and is now leading the trend toward suburban aging,” Dr. Frey said. 2007 June 12, Sam Roberts, “Suburbs Are Graying Faster Than Big Cities”, in New York Times:

Forms

Translations (7)

fr banlieusardisation (population movement from cities to suburbs) · he פִּרְווּר (population movement from cities to suburbs) · ga fo-uirbiú (population movement from cities to suburbs) · id suburbanisasi (population movement from cities to suburbs) · el προαστιοποίηση (population movement from cities to suburbs) · ka სუბურბანიზაცია (population movement from cities to suburbs) · cs suburbanizace (population movement from cities to suburbs)