Meaning of housing estate | Babel Free
Definitions
A group of often architecturally similar buildings constructed at the same time, primarily for residential accommodation.
Equivalents
Bosanski
site
Català
urbanització
Čeština
sídliště
Ελληνικά
οικισμός
Gàidhlig
ionad-thaighean
Hrvatski
site
Magyar
lakótelep
Kurdî
sîte
Nederlands
woonwijk
Português
conjunto habitacional
Slovenčina
sídlisko
Српски
site
Türkçe
site
Українська
житлови́й ко́мплекс
Examples
“She suggested he was destroying all Sarkozy had achieved in proving that a traditional, Catholic, rightwing area could vote⟳ for an ethnic-minority candidate such as her, from a poor housing estate in the provinces, the Muslim child of illiterate north African parents. She vowed to "resist⟳" Fillon.”
“Whitney is absorbed especially by Dublin's unglamorous interstitial zones: the new housing estates and labyrinths of roads, watercourses and railways where the city peters into its commuter belt.”
“That project would mean⟳ reinstating 5½ miles of decommissioned line between Tavistock, where a new single-platform railway station would be built alongside the 750-home housing estate currently under construction, and Bere Alston.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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