urbanize

(ûr'bə-nīz')
tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.
To make urban in nature or character.

urbanization ur'ban·i·za'tion (-bə-nĭ-zā'shən) n.

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verb

To imbue with city ways, manners, and customs: citify, metropolitanize. See urban/rural.

For a list of words related to urbanization, see:

• Cultural Movements, Events, and Institutions - urbanization: transformation of rural or suburban areas to urban ones

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - give bypræg

Nederlands (Dutch)
verstedelijken

Français (French)
v. tr. - urbaniser

Deutsch (German)
v. - urbanisieren, verstädtern lassen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αστικοποιώ

Italiano (Italian)
urbanizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - urbanizar

Русский (Russian)
урбанизировать, урбанизироваться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - urbanizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - urbanisera, ge stadsprägel åt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使都市化, 使文雅, 使成都市式

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使都市化, 使文雅, 使成都市式

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 도시화하다, 우아하게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 都市化する, 都会化する, 都会風にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) مدن, حضر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עייר, הפך לעירוני‬

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