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CONURBATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities

Synonyms:

conurbation; sprawl; urban sprawl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("conurbation" is a kind of...):

populated area; urban area (a geographical area constituting a city or town)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conurbation"):

subtopia (monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings)

Instance hyponyms:

Luda; Luta (an industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now includes the cities of Dalian and Lushun)

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