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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Urbanisierung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Urbanisierung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Urbanization/ˌɜːrbənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die rasante Urbanisierung verändert das Gesicht des Landes."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The process by which large numbers of people permanently concentrate in relatively small areas, forming cities.

    "Rapid urbanization has led to significant challenges in housing and infrastructure."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'urbanus' (pertaining to a city), through French, entering English in the late 19th century during the Industrial Revolution. It evolved to describe the historical and demographic process by which rural societies shift toward urban concentrations.

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