different between subdivision vs caza

English

Etymology

From sub- +? division.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?bd?v???n/

Noun

subdivision (countable and uncountable, plural subdivisions)

1. (countable, uncountable) A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
2. (countable) Such a piece that has been divided.

   Work on one subdivision at a time.

3. (countable) A parcel of land that has been divided into lots.
4. (countable) A group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area.

   They're putting in a new subdivision out past Black Ranch Road.

5. (Philippines) A gated community.
   • 1999, Vicente L. Rafael, Figures of Criminality in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Colonial Vietnam, SEAP Publications (?ISBN), page 81:

     ... By the 1970s, cattle rustling had fallen by the wayside, as tractors replaced carabaos and industrial estates and residential subdivisions supplanted rice fields as the mainstays of Cavite's suburban northern towns.

   • 2014, Rodelio B. Carating, Raymundo G. Galanta, Clarita D. Bacatio, The Soils of the Philippines, Springer Science & Business (?ISBN), page 51:

     As the farms give way to the residential subdivisions and industrial estates, the centuries-old traditional Filipino houses, slightly raised above grounds and standing on stilts, are abandoned in the quest for more living space.

Derived terms

• subdiv.

Translations

Verb

subdivision (third-person singular simple present subdivisions, present participle subdivisioning, simple past and past participle subdivisioned)

1. (uncommon) To separate something into smaller pieces.

Translations

French

Noun

subdivision f (plural subdivisions)

1. subdivision

English

Etymology

From Turkish kaza, from Arabic ??????? (qa???).

Noun

caza (plural cazas)

1. A Turkish provincial subdivision.

References

Asturian

Verb

caza

1. inflection of cazar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Noun

caza f (plural cazas)

1. hunting
2. hunt

Related terms

• cazar

Further reading

• “caza” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Noun

caza f (plural cazas)

1. Obsolete spelling of casa

Verb

caza

1. Obsolete spelling of casa

Romanian

Etymology

From French caser.

Verb

a caza (third-person singular present cazeaz?, past participle cazat) 1st conj.

1. to house, to shelter

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Deverbal form of cazar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?ka?a/, [?ka.?a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?kasa/, [?ka.sa]
• Rhymes: -a?a, -asa
• Hyphenation: ca?za
• Homophone: casa (seseo dialects)

Noun

caza f (plural cazas)

1. (countable or uncountable) hunting, hunt (act of finding and killing a wild animal; art of hunting)
2. persecution, hunting (act of pursuing in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
3. (uncountable) game (wild animals hunted for food; meat of these animals)
4. (uncountable) prey (animal hunted by another animal)
5. hunting ground (area used for hunting)
6. hunting party (group of people gathered to hunt together)

Noun

caza m (plural cazas)

1. fighter plane (military aircraft primarily designed to attack enemy aircraft)

Derived terms

• avión de caza
• dar caza

Related terms

• cazador
• cazar

Verb

caza

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cazar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of cazar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of cazar.

Further reading

• “caza” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.