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An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
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conurbation
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl
Wikipedia
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A conurbation is a region comprising a number of cities, large towns, and other urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area. In most cases, a conurbation is ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE large ▪ Between 1961 and 1981, the population of the six largest conurbations fell by 2 million. ▪ In the other areas the larger cities and conurbations proved difficult to incorporate in a wider uniform pattern. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities [syn: urban sprawl ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1915, from Latin com- "with, together" (see com- ) + urbs "city" + -ation . Coined by Scottish biologist and urban planner Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) in "Cities in Evolution."
Usage examples of conurbation.
I could see the characteristic bubble-cluster shape of a Conurbation, but it looked dark, poorly maintained, while suburbs of blockier buildings had sprouted around it.
Deathlands, mainly the once-great conurbations, that were totally and irreversibly destroyed.
The sprawling, nuked ruins of virtually every major American conurbation were a breeding ground for every kind of mutation and social perversion.
Why, we're right in the middle of the Northeast Corridor Conurbation, and that's a sort of jungle Fringers aren't well equipped to deal with.
Diana Heywood and Gonzales sat high in the Berkeley Hills, looking onto the vast conurbations spread out beneath them.