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sponge cities

sponge cities is the plural of sponge city.

Meaning of sponge city

Noun

sponge city (countable and uncountable, plural sponge cities)

  1. (uncountable) An urban planning model that emphasizes flood management by strengthening green infrastructures instead of purely relying on drainage systems.
  2. (countable) A city that adopts such a model.

Questions about sponge cities

What is sponge cities the plural of?
Sponge cities is the plural of sponge city.

Words near sponge cities in the dictionary

  1. sponge bomb
  2. sponge brush
  3. sponge brushes
  4. sponge cake
  5. sponge cakes
  6. sponge cities
  7. sponge city
  8. sponge cloth
  9. sponge construction
  10. sponge constructions
  11. sponge crab

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