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urban sprawls

urban sprawls is the plural of urban sprawl.

Meaning of urban sprawl

Noun

urban sprawl (countable and uncountable, plural urban sprawls)

  1. (urban studies) An unplanned, disorganized growth of housing etc. on the edge of a city.
    Synonyms:
    suburban sprawl, urban encroachment

Questions about urban sprawls

What is urban sprawls the plural of?
Urban sprawls is the plural of urban sprawl.

Words near urban sprawls in the dictionary

  1. urban rot
  2. urban sanitary district
  3. urban sanitary districts
  4. urban scattering
  5. urban sprawl
  6. urban sprawls
  7. urban studies
  8. urban survival syndrome
  9. Urban syndrome
  10. urban void
  11. urban warfare

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