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interurban

interurban adjective: of, pertaining to, involving or joining two or more urban centres.

Adjective

interurban (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, involving or joining two or more urban centres.
    • One of the commercial attachés of the Department of Commerce in South America transmits the name and address of an engineer who desires to receive full information relative to an automotor for an interurban railway.1915, Commerce Reports, volume 2, number 115, page 784
    Synonyms:
    intercity
    Antonyms:
    intraurban

Noun

interurban (plural interurbans)

  1. (US) An electric railway carrying mainly passengers between two or more urban centres.
    • interurban car, interurban line, interurban railroad
    • On the steam roads, the engine, representing with its tender an enormous weight, is required to generate enough power not only for its own propulsion, but drag after it a train of cars. Several important consequences result from this difference between steam and electric traction. First, on the...1909, Thomas Conway (Jr.), The Traffic Problems of Interurban Electric Railroads, page 7

interurban meaning in Urdu

interurban in Urdu

بین شہری

Examples of interurban in a sentence

  • And went from there to McKinney on the interurban?1916, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court, page 20:
  • Returning to Seattle we took the interurban to Everett, 32 miles north, $1.30 for the round trip1927, The Union Pacific Magazine, volume 6, page 13:
  • In 1945, Vancouver had 347 street cars (not counting interurbans)(Can we date this quote?), Canadian Transportation and Distribution Management, volume 53, page 15:

Synonyms of interurban

Antonyms

Forms of interurban

pluralinterurbans

Origin of interurban

From inter- + urban.

Questions about interurban

What does interurban mean?
Interurban means of, pertaining to, involving or joining two or more urban centres.
What is interurban in Urdu?
Interurban in Urdu is بین شہری. See Interurban meaning in Urdu.
How do you use interurban in a sentence?
And went from there to McKinney on the interurban?
What part of speech is interurban?
Interurban can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near interurban in the dictionary

  1. interuniting
  2. interuniversal
  3. interuniverse
  4. interuniversity
  5. interupted
  6. interurban
  7. interurbans
  8. interuser
  9. interuterine
  10. interutricular
  11. intervacua

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