gated community

English

Noun

gated community (plural gated communities)

1. A residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post.

   Synonyms: walled community, (Philippines) subdivision

   • 2008, Sarah Blandy, “Secession or cohesion? Exploring the impact of gated communities”, in John Flint, David Robinson, editors, Community Cohesion in Crisis?: New Dimensions of Diversity and Difference, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 239:

     In physical terms, a gated community is a walled or fenced housing development to which public access is restricted and often guarded using CCTV and/or security personnel.

2. (by extension) Anything exclusive having restricted access.
   • 2023 November 6, Eliza Shapiro, “Inside the Private World the Richest New Yorkers Built for Themselves”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Everyday life is increasingly unaffordable for most New Yorkers, but a new class of private, members-only and concierge services is emerging as a kind of gated community within the city.

Translations

a residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 門禁社區 / 门禁社区

• Danish: gated community n
• Dutch: hekwerkwijk m or f
• French: résidence fermée f, quartier fermé m
• German: Gated Community f
• Hungarian: (őrzött) lakópark
• Japanese: ゲートコミュニティ (gētokomyuniti)
• Khmer: បូរី (borəy)
• Portuguese: condomínio fechado m
• Russian: охраняемый жилой комплекс (oxranjajemyj žiloj kompleks), закрытый жилой комплекс (zakrytyj žiloj kompleks)
• Swedish: grindsamhälle (sv)

See also

• walled garden

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gated community.

Noun

gated community n (indefinite plural gated communities)

1. gated community