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    POPULATED AREA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A geographical area constituting a city or townplay

    Synonyms:

    populated area; urban area

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Hypernyms ("populated area" is a kind of...):

    geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

    Meronyms (parts of "populated area"):

    common; commons; green; park (a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area)

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

    megalopolis (a very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns))

    conurbation; sprawl; urban sprawl (an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities)

    municipality (an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government)

    new town (a planned urban community created in a rural or undeveloped area and designed to be self-sufficient with its own housing and education and commerce and recreation)

    barrio (an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Rustbelt (urban areas in New England and Midwest characterized by concentrations of declining industries (steel or textiles))

    Twin Cities (nickname for Saint Paul and Minneapolis)

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