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urbanizable

developable

adjective oor-bah-nee-SAH-bleh Rare

Usage Note

Urbanizable is a legal and urban-planning term describing land that has been designated or approved for residential or commercial development — it can be built upon. Its opposite is no urbanizable (protected or rural land that cannot be developed). The word appears almost exclusively in planning documents, real-estate law, and property journalism in Spain; in Latin America apto para urbanizar is more common phrasing.

Examples

"El ayuntamiento declaró el terreno urbanizable."

Natural Translation

The council declared the land developable.

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