"city block" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: city blocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} city block (plural city blocks)
  1. The smallest part of a town enclosed by streets. Translations (part of town enclosed by streets): квартал (kvartal) (Bashkir), illa (Catalan), blok (Dutch), huizenblok (Dutch), bouwblok (Dutch), kortteli (Finnish), pâté de maisons [masculine] (French), îlot urbain (French), îlot (French), île (French), τετράγωνο (tetrágono) [neuter] (Greek), isolato [masculine] (Italian), molon [masculine] (Occitan), blok budowlany [masculine] (Polish), quarteirão [masculine] (Portuguese), кварта́л (kvartál) [masculine] (Russian), жилой массив (žiloj massiv) (Russian), manzana [feminine] (Spanish), cuadra [feminine] (Spanish), kvarter [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-city_block-en-noun-ryIKCN1U Disambiguation of 'part of town enclosed by streets': 87 13
  2. The distance from one urban street to the next, or an approximately comparable distance. Translations (distance from one street to next): kortteli (Finnish), kadunväli (Finnish), кварта́л (kvartál) [masculine] (Russian), cuadra [feminine] (Spanish), kvarter [neuter] (Swedish)
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Inflected forms

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