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Dictionary: town·scape   (toun'skāp') pronunciation

n.
  1. The appearance of a town or city; an urban scene: "The high school . . . once dominated American townscapes the way the cathedral dominated medieval European cities" (Dennis A. Williams).
  2. A depiction of an urban scene.

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Geography Dictionary: townscape
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In urban geography, the objective, visible scene of the urban area or the subjective image of the city. The townscape has three separate, but closely related, parts; the street plan or layout, the architectural style, and the land use. Townscape is the urban counterpart of landscape.

Architecture: townscape
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1. A view of a town or city from a single vantage point.
2. The planning and construction of buildings within a town or city with the objective of achieving overall aesthetically pleasing relationships.


Translations: Townscape
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bylandskab

Nederlands (Dutch)
stadsgezicht

Français (French)
n. - paysage urbain

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stadtansicht, Stadtbild

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αστικό τοπίο

Italiano (Italian)
panorama della cittý

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vista geral de uma área urbana (f)

Русский (Russian)
городской пейзаж, урбанистический ландшафт, (архит.) эстетическая сторона городского строительства

Español (Spanish)
n. - paisaje urbano

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - stadslandskap

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
城镇的风景, 城镇风光

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 城鎮的風景, 城鎮風光

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 도시 풍경화, 도시 경치

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 都会の風景

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مشهد من منظر مدني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נוף-עיר (ציור)‬


 
 
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