urbanizationnoun [ U ]
UK usually urbanisation uk/ˌɜː.bən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɝː.bən.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/the process by which more and more people leave the countryside to live in cities
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Towns & regions: towns, cities & villages (general)
- aerotropolis
- backwater
- bedroom community
- Cantabrigian
- capital
- conurbation
- county borough
- dormitory town
- Greater
- hill station
- hometown
- megacity
- metropolis
- metropolitan
- one-horse town
- port
- settlement
- small-town
- town
- urbanite
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