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housing estate

American

noun

British.

housing development.

housing estate British

noun

a planned area of housing, often with its own shops and other amenities

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Etymology

Origin of housing estate

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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O'Donnell, who had abandoned the car in a nearby housing estate, was found staggering along the street a short time later and arrested.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

The sun is setting over Ilubirin, a half-finished housing estate being constructed on sand-filled land reclaimed from the swampy Lagos lagoon.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

A huge fire that ripped through a Hong Kong housing estate has killed at least 36 people, city leader John Lee said on Thursday, adding that 279 people were unaccounted for.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

A community supermarket is to open on a Hull housing estate.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

The sound of a housing estate in the morning is audible a long way off.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

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