The rurban community offers greater possibilities of social stratification than does the open country community.
Source: wiktionary
Rurban
//ˈɹɜːb(ə)n//
Synonyms for "rurban"
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Translations
2 translations across 2 languages.
French
1 entries- rurbain adj (of a location which has both urban and rural characteristics)
Spanish
1 entries- rurbano adj (of a location which has both urban and rural characteristics)
Sample sentences
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There exists what has come to be called the "rurban fringe," an area occupied by tar paper shacks and stately estates, large commercial farms and one-acre part-time farms, golf courses and cemeteries, airports and obnoxious industries.
Source: wiktionary
In the lands of the Indian Ocean ‘agrarian cities’ and ‘rurban’ settlements of all sizes were the general rule throughout the medieval period.
Source: wiktionary
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