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URBAN SPRAWL
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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 ("urban sprawl" 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 "urban sprawl"):
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)
