单词 | poblacion |
释义 | poblacionn. 1. In the Philippines: the principal community of a district; a town that is an administrative centre. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > chief town of county or district > in the Philippines poblacion1911 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 396/2 Each municipality is made up of barrios or small villages..and of one, or more, more thickly peopled areas, each called a población, and resembling the township ‘centre’ of New England. 1942 Geogr. Rev. 32 184 (caption) The population of the chartered cities of Zamboanga and Davao..are 95,546; the población or urban center of Zamboanga has 12,469. 1964 A. Cutshall Philippines iii. 27 The postwar Philippine barrio and oftentimes the poblacion, the principal community in the municipality (county), is not appreciably different from the representative prewar village and town. 1987 E. Novero Blust in H. Znaniecka Lopata Widows I. viii. 156 The two urban barangays constitute the town proper or poblacion, where the town hall is located. 2003 BusinessWorld (Philippines) (Nexis) 24 Nov. There was still too much idle land, for what was inhabited then was only the miniscule poblacion and a few small residences. 2. In Spanish-speaking countries of South America: a community; a district of a town, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] quarter1526 ferling1610 quartier1828 urban village1867 quartiere1888 section1907 poblacion1926 neighbourhood1929 precinct1942 village1949 1926 J. Masefield Odtaa xiv. 236 The hut, like the other huts of the poblacion, was, at a guess, thirty feet long by fifteen broad. 1978 Listener 23 Nov. 668/2 The barrio or poblaciones, the shanty-towns of the poor. 1979 E. Norman Christianity & World Order iv. 47 In 1978 I visited the working class poblaciones around Santiago, in Chile. 2004 P. Richards Pobladoras, Indaigenas, & State iv. 89 Many of these services were available to men and children of the población. as well as women. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1911 |
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