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URBAN AREA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A geographical area constituting a city or town
Synonyms:
populated area; urban area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("urban area" is a kind of...):
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "urban 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 "urban 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)
Antonym:
rural area (an area outside of cities and towns)
