🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

moradia geminada

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mo.ɾaˈdi.ɐ ʒe.miˈna.dɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rowhouse/ˈraʊˌhaʊs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Eles mudaram-se para uma moradia geminada no subúrbio."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    One of a series of houses situated in a side-by-side architectural row sharing common partition walls, commonly found in urban and suburban areas.

    "They purchased a charming Victorian rowhouse in the historic district of the city."
  2. 2

    A style of housing development where multiple identical or similar homes are built joined together in a continuous straight line.

    "Urban planners favored rowhouse construction to maximize population density efficiently."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'row' (referring to a line of similar objects or structures) and 'house' (from Old English hūs). The term emerged in the 18th and 19th centuries during rapid urban development to describe standardized, multi-story single-family dwellings constructed in continuous lines sharing common sidewalls.

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