urbanização

English translation: development (countable noun)

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Portuguese term or phrase:urbanização
English translation:development (countable noun)
Entered by: Rachel Fell

10:31 Mar 9, 2006
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
Portuguese term or phrase: urbanização
A recently built sector in a city, constituted mostly by buildings with several storeys. A residential area.
David Oliveira
Local time: 23:51
development
Explanation:

Apartments in a newly-built luxury development in Balchik. Email. ID, 4538.
Property type, Apartment. Country, Bulgaria. County, Dobritch-County ...
www.bulmax.bg/index.php?option=com_estator&task=viewprop&pr...

new developments in islington, islington new build property development, Islington
new property developments, Clerkenwell, Arsenal, Angel, Farringdon London ...
javadev.merchantinter.net/thomson/user/developments/index.jsp

New Development. Thornbrooke Falkirk ... New Development Prices from £125950
to £252950; Four bedroom detached villas Prices from £144500 to £155000 ...
property.scotsman.com/?id=154053

Building new homes for PCHA. PCHA is developing more homes now than it has ever done
... Most of PCHA's new developments are now mixed tenure developments, ...
www.pcha.org.uk/Building new homes/

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Note added at 17 mins (2006-03-09 10:48:52 GMT)
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development is a countable noun - in English, urbanisation/urbanization isn't
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Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:51
Grading comment
That's it !! Thank you :)
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1urbanization
Fiona N�voa
4 +1development
Rachel Fell
4urbanisation
Mariana Moreira


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
urbanization


Explanation:
Definition of urbanization. Noun 1. urbanization - the condition of being urbanized urbanisation condition,...Find thousands of free online definitions & reference guides at TheFreeDictionary.com.

Fiona N�voa
Portugal
Local time: 23:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
Notes to answerer
Asker: I had also seen these definitions, the word I'm searching for is something different.... It's for a name of a residential area like: Urbanização da Relvinha or Urbanização da Rainha Santa, which are neighbourhoods mostly with high buildings for housing purposes.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti
7 mins
  -> thanks
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
urbanisation


Explanation:
Term: urbanisation
Reference: EEA Glossary December 1998;Institution: EEA; Title: GEMET - GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus; Publication Year: 1999; Publication Month: August; Volume No: 5;

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Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 23:51
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
development


Explanation:

Apartments in a newly-built luxury development in Balchik. Email. ID, 4538.
Property type, Apartment. Country, Bulgaria. County, Dobritch-County ...
www.bulmax.bg/index.php?option=com_estator&task=viewprop&pr...

new developments in islington, islington new build property development, Islington
new property developments, Clerkenwell, Arsenal, Angel, Farringdon London ...
javadev.merchantinter.net/thomson/user/developments/index.jsp

New Development. Thornbrooke Falkirk ... New Development Prices from £125950
to £252950; Four bedroom detached villas Prices from £144500 to £155000 ...
property.scotsman.com/?id=154053

Building new homes for PCHA. PCHA is developing more homes now than it has ever done
... Most of PCHA's new developments are now mixed tenure developments, ...
www.pcha.org.uk/Building new homes/

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Note added at 17 mins (2006-03-09 10:48:52 GMT)
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development is a countable noun - in English, urbanisation/urbanization isn't

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
That's it !! Thank you :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler
2 hrs
  -> Thank you rhandler:)
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