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semiurban

semiurban adjective: partially urban.

Adjective

semiurban (not comparable)

  1. Partially urban.
    • The scientists suspect that there are additional undetected cases because the patient lived in a semiurban area of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, and she said she had no contact with apes or their meat.2009 August 5, Lawrence K. Altman, “New Strain of H.I.V. Is Discovered”, in New York Times

Origin of semiurban

From semi- + urban.

Questions about semiurban

What does semiurban mean?
Semiurban means partially urban.
What part of speech is semiurban?
Semiurban is an adjective.

Words near semiurban in the dictionary

  1. semiuniform
  2. semiuniformity
  3. semiuniformly
  4. semiuniforms
  5. semiupright
  6. semiurban
  7. semiurgic
  8. semiurgically
  9. semiurgy
  10. semivacancies
  11. semivacancy

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