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periurban

periurban is the alternative spelling of peri-urban.

Meaning of peri-urban

Adjective

peri-urban (comparative more peri-urban, superlative most peri-urban)

  1. Immediately adjoining an urban area; between the suburbs and the countryside.
    • Urban agriculture is the growing of plants and raising of animals in and around urban or peri-urban areas.2010, Leslie A. Duram, Encyclopedia of Organic, Sustainable, and Local Food, ABC-CLIO, LLC, published 2010, →ISBN, page 361

Questions about periurban

What is periurban the alternative spelling of?
Periurban is the alternative spelling of peri-urban.

Words near periurban in the dictionary

  1. periungual
  2. periurachal
  3. periurania
  4. periuranion
  5. periuranions
  6. periurban
  7. periureteral
  8. periureterally
  9. periureteric
  10. periurethral
  11. periurethral glands

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