Conurbation

/ˌkɑnɚˈbeɪʃən/

Synonyms for "conurbation" (23 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Strong matches (7)

Noun(5 words)
city regionfunctional urban regionmegalopolismegalopolisesmetropolitan area

Related words (11)

Noun(5 words)
metropolitan regionsprawlurban agglomerationurban regionurban sprawl

Related word relations

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More general

5 entries
geographical conceptplanning conceptpopulated areaurban areaurban geography term

More specific

4 entries
city clustercity regionmegaregionurban corridor

Collocations

6 entries
conurbation areaconurbation growthlarge conurbationmetropolitan conurbationregional conurbationurban conurbation

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

As time went on, the extent of these cities grew, and they merged into a single conurbation.

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