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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

zonizzazione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zonizzazione

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Zoning/ˈzoʊ.nɪŋ/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Le norme di zonizzazione regolano lo sviluppo edilizio della città."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The system of dividing a city or town into areas according to permitted uses, such as residential, commercial, or industrial.

    "The new zoning laws prevent the construction of factories in residential neighborhoods."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun zone, originating from Greek zōnē meaning girdle or belt, via Latin and French. The specific urban planning sense of partitioning land into areas for specific uses emerged in the United States and Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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