urban-type settlement
English
editEtymology
editCalque of Russian посёлок городско́го ти́па (posjólok gorodskóvo típa).
Noun
editurban-type settlement (plural urban-type settlements)
- an official designation for a semi-urban settlement (or a former town) in the Soviet Union, Poland (formerly), Bulgaria (formerly) and in 10 post-Soviet republics—Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Translations
editan official designation for a semi-urban settlement
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