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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONURBATION

From con- + -urbation, from Latin urbs city.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONURBATION

conurbation  [ˌkɒnɜːˈbeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONURBATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Conurbation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONURBATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

conurbation

Conurbation

A conurbation is a region comprising a number of cities, large towns, and other urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area. In most cases, a conurbation is a polycentric urban agglomeration, in which transportation has developed to link areas to create a single urban labour market or travel to work area. The term "conurbation" was coined as a neologism in 1915 by Patrick Geddes in his book Cities In Evolution. He drew attention to the ability of the new technology of electric power and motorised transport to allow cities to spread and agglomerate together, and gave as examples "Midlandton" in England, the Ruhr in Germany, Randstad in the Netherlands, New York-Boston in the United States, the Greater Tokyo Area, Taiheiyō Belt in Japan, NCR of Delhi in India and Southern Metro Manila in the Philippines. A conurbation can be confused with a metropolitan area.

Definition of conurbation in the English dictionary

The definition of conurbation in the dictionary is a large densely populated urban sprawl formed by the growth and coalescence of individual towns or cities.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONURBATION


accubation
ˌækjuːˈbeɪʃən
approbation
ˌæprəˈbeɪʃən
bibation
bɪˈbeɪʃən
bioturbation
ˌbaɪəʊˌtɜːˈbeɪʃən
cibation
sɪˈbeɪʃən
conglobation
ˌkɒŋɡləʊˈbeɪʃən
dealbation
ˌdiːælˈbeɪʃən
disapprobation
ˌdɪsæprəʊˈbeɪʃən
improbation
ˌɪmprəˈbeɪʃən
incubation
ˌɪnkjʊˈbeɪʃən
intubation
ˌɪntjʊˈbeɪʃən
jawbation
dʒɔːˈbeɪʃən
libation
laɪˈbeɪʃən
lobation
ləʊˈbeɪʃən
masturbation
ˌmæstəˈbeɪʃən
perturbation
ˌpɜːtəˈbeɪʃən
prelibation
ˌpriːlaɪˈbeɪʃən
probation
prəˈbeɪʃən
reprobation
ˌrɛprəʊˈbeɪʃən
titubation
ˌtɪtjʊˈbeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONURBATION

contumeliously
contumeliousness
contumely
contund
contuse
contusion
contusioned
contusive
conundrum
conurban
conurbia
conure
conus
convalesce
convalescence
convalescency
convalescent
convalescently
convect
convection

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONURBATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of conurbation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «conurbation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONURBATION

Find out the translation of conurbation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of conurbation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «conurbation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

卫星城
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

conurbación
570 millions of speakers

English

conurbation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महानगर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المجتمعات الحضرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

агломерация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conurbação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

conurbation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

agglomération
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Conurbation
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ballungsraum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大都市圏
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

집합 도시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Conurbation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

conurbation
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நகரக்கூட்டம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कन्व्हेबेशन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bileşik kent
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

conurbazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

konurbacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

агломерація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

conurbație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αστικό κέντρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agglomeratie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

storstadsregion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

conurbation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of conurbation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONURBATION»

The term «conurbation» is normally little used and occupies the 115.349 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONURBATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «conurbation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «conurbation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about conurbation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONURBATION»

Discover the use of conurbation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to conurbation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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GCSE Geography for AQA Specification B
THE EUROPEAN UNION The site and situation of the Ruhr conurbation Site The site of a city or conurbation is the land it is actually built on. The Ruhr conurbation lies in the drainage basins of three tributaries of the River Rhine, the Lippe, ...
Janet Helm, Arthur Robinson, 2002
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The Regional Imperative: Regional Planning and Governance in ...
The impetus of voluntary regional cooperation revived under the impact of German bombing during the Second World War, when the local authorities of the conurbation combined into six executive joint Planning Committees for South East ...
Urlan A. Wannop, 2014
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The New Wider World Coursemate for AQA B GCSE Geography
You can choose from: • Rotterdam/Europoort • The Ruhr • The Paris region The Milan/Turin industrial triangle. Whichever one you choose you need to study the location, situation, functions and reasons for the growth of the conurbation within  ...
Lynda Evans, 2005
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Population Growth and Planning Policy: Housing and ...
At this stage we have decided to depart from the standard definition of the conurbation, because it is quite impossible to discuss the problem of Birmingham and the rest of the official conurbation, without taking into account patterns of growth ...
D. E. C. Eversley, V. Jackson, G. Lomas, 2013
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Conurbation: Urban Area, Agglomeration, City, Town, ...
A conurbation is an urban area or agglomeration comprising a number of cities, large towns and larger urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed ...
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2009
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Revise for Geography GCSE AQA Specification B
10b. Development. of. the. European. urban. core: the. Ruhr. conurbation. For this topic you should study: the site, situation and function of the conurbation the reasons for the growth of the conurbation a planning issue in the conurbation.
John Smith, 2002
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Urban Containment. The Italian Approach in the European ...
Il segnalibro non e definito., Introduzione all'Urbanistica, Vallecchi Nuova Gestione, Florence, 1982, that mentions an “improper use” of the term conurbation for some metropolitan areas of Italy (Milan and Naples). According the most recent ...
Barbara Badiani, Maurizio Tira, 2009
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Approach Urban Sociol Ils 168
DEATH RATES IN CONURBATIONS Area Crude rate per 1,000 home population Comparability Factor Ratio of local adjusted death rate to national rate Tyneside Conurbation Northern Region Remainder of Northern Region West Yorkshire ...
P.H. Mann, 2013
9
An Approach to Urban Sociology
DEATH RATES IN CONURBATIONS * Wales I (South East) is not a designated conurbation, but is included here since it contains the main urbanised areas of Wales. Source: Registrar-General's Statistical Review, 1960, Part I, Table 13.
Peter H. Mann, 1998
10
Migration
If the decrease in the recorded population of conurbations were due to the increase in long-distance commuting to the conurbation centre but the conurbations remained the economic hub of the country, it would be expected that the ...
John Archer Jackson, 1969

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONURBATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term conurbation is used in the context of the following news items.
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World's Biggest City Throws 'Final Festival' Before Decline (1)
... of residents within the official boundary of the capital, which accounts for about a third of the total conurbation, won't decline until the games, ... «San Diego Source, Jul 15»
2
Galeria Amber receives BREEAM Final certificate
It is the largest facility of its kind in the Kalisz and Ostrów conurbation which has a population of nearly 350,000 people. It has a leasable area of 33,500 sqm. «Property Magazine International, Jul 15»
3
Has Three Towns Travel really helped us?
The £12m equates to £91 per head for our conurbation – this level of investment is enough to bring about serious change and could have ... «Bournemouth Echo, Jul 15»
4
Build-Outs Of Summer: Brew Lab In Edinburgh
... a wee archipelago of quality-focused coffee destinations in the Edinburgh-Glasgow conurbation. In a stunning first for us here at Build-Outs, ... «Sprudge, Jul 15»
5
Roads can't keep up with amount of traffic
Often it's no pleasure driving on many of our roads, more so with ever-increasing developments affecting the surrounding conurbation. «Bournemouth Echo, Jul 15»
6
Editorial: Metro still needs plan for transit
Voters in Canada's third largest conurbation have offered a sharp rebuff to a provincial government that sought to shield itself from political ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
7
More wind turbines approved at Crystal Rig
“The eastern Lammermuirs are now well on the way to becoming one giant wind factory, with the Aikengall-Crystal Rig conurbation continually ... «East Lothian Courier, Jul 15»
8
How to pin down an association meeting planner
It has to be near a major conurbation and a transport hub for one thing. We keep getting calls from Telford but we tell them it really isn't suitable. «Conference News, Jul 15»
9
Let's stick with facts on wind farm
And for Conor Burns on the matter of “the wrong location” – the wind farm is at this off-shore location, Mr Burns, because our huge conurbation is where the ... «Bournemouth Echo, Jul 15»
10
Consultation on future of Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals
"Reasons for this include: the conurbation we serve is the largest in Dorset; RBH already provides a number of emergency services including ... «Blackmore Vale Magazine, Jul 15»

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