different between condominium vs urbanisation

English

Etymology

From Latin condominium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n.d??m?n.?.?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n.d??m?n.i.?m/
• Hyphenation: con?do?min?i?um

Noun

condominium (plural condominiums or condominia)

1. Joint sovereignty over a territory by two or more countries. [from 18th c.]

   The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was a condominium ruled jointly by Egypt and the United Kingdom.

   1. A region or territory under such rule.
   • 2013, Clive H. Church & Randolph C. Head, A Concise History of Switzerland, Cambridge 2013, p. 76:

     The strategic location of the condominiums […] made them important for the Confederacy's territorial integrity even if they produced little revenue.

2. (US, Canada) A building or complex of buildings that provides multiple residential units each of which is owned separately but whose grounds, structure, etc. (if any) are owned jointly. [from 20th c.]
   1. (US, Canada) The system of ownership by which such condominiums operate
   2. (US, Canada) An individual unit (such as an apartment) in such a complex.
   3. The legal tenure involved.

Synonyms

• (US, Canada, building): condo building
• (US, Canada, building, unit, title): strata
• (US, Canada, unit): condo (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• (US, Canada, unit): condo (abbreviation)

Translations

French

Noun

condominium m (plural condominiums)

1. condominium (all senses)

Latin

Etymology

con- +? dominium

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.do?mi.ni.um/, [k?n?d???m?ni???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.do?mi.ni.um/, [k?n?d???mi?nium]

Noun

condominium n (genitive condomini? or condomin?); second declension

1. condominium, joint sovereignty

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Galician: Condomiña (place name)

English

Noun

urbanisation (countable and uncountable, plural urbanisations)

1. Alternative spelling of urbanization

French

Etymology

urbaniser +? -ation

Pronunciation

Noun

urbanisation f (plural urbanisations)

1. urbanization