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conurbia

conurbia noun: conurbations as represented or encapsulated by their typical qualities or characteristics.

Noun

conurbia (countable and uncountable, plural conurbias)

  1. Conurbations as represented or encapsulated by their typical qualities or characteristics.
    • Just as the village and the town were dependent upon the water and land about them, so our modern urbias, suburbias, and conurbias are dependent upon the natural resources they can command.1962, Western Resources Papers, volume 3, page 81
    • The result were urban clusters — "conurbia," or "megalopolises" as they are called today. Where this occurred, the usual distinction between town and country lost meaning.1970, Richard Pipes, Europe Since 1815, page 197

Forms of conurbia

pluralconurbias

Questions about conurbia

What does conurbia mean?
Conurbia means conurbations as represented or encapsulated by their typical qualities or characteristics.
What part of speech is conurbia?
Conurbia is a noun.
What is the plural of conurbia?
The plural of conurbia is conurbias.

Words near conurbia in the dictionary

  1. conurbated
  2. conurbates
  3. conurbating
  4. conurbation
  5. conurbations
  6. conurbia
  7. conurbias
  8. conure
  9. conures
  10. conus
  11. conus arteriosus

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