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URBAN SPRAWL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does urban sprawl mean? 

URBAN SPRAWL (noun)
  The noun URBAN SPRAWL has 1 sense:

1. an aggregation or continuous network of urban communitiesplay

  Familiarity information: URBAN SPRAWL used as a noun is very rare.


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URBAN SPRAWL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

conurbation; sprawl; urban sprawl

Hypernyms ("urban sprawl" is a kind of...):

populated area; urban area (a geographical area constituting a city or town)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "urban sprawl"):

subtopia (monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings)

Instance hyponyms:

Luda; Luta (an industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now includes the cities of Dalian and Lushun)


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