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    URBAN SPRAWL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An aggregation or continuous network of urban communitiesplay

    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)

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