conurbationn.

/kɒnəːˈbeɪʃən/

Etymology: < con- prefix + Latin urb-, urbs city + -ation suffix; compare French conurbation.

An aggregation of urban areas.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > cluster of towns as single unit

conurbation1915

1915 P. Geddes Cities in Evol. ii. 34 Some name, then, for these city-regions, these town aggregates, is wanted... What of ‘Conurbations’?

1915 P. Geddes Cities in Evol. ii. 34 For our first conurbation the name of Greater London is..dominant.

1922 C. B. Fawcett in Sociol. Rev. Apr. 111 Vast urban aggregates, or conurbations.

1948 Conurbation: Planning Survey of Birmingham i. 15 The term ‘conurbation’ means an area of continuous urban development which includes and connects two or more towns.

1957 Listener 29 Aug. 319/3 Forty per cent of Britain's population and the greater part of its wealth is [sic] concentrated in the seven large industrial conurbations.

1959 Listener 26 Feb. 368/1 The conurbations of Tyneside, Merseyside, West Riding, South-East Lancashire, and West Midlands.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	conurbation
释义	conurbationn. /kɒnəːˈbeɪʃən/ Etymology: < con- prefix + Latin urb-, urbs city + -ation suffix; compare French conurbation. An aggregation of urban areas. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > cluster of towns as single unit conurbation1915 1915 P. Geddes Cities in Evol. ii. 34 Some name, then, for these city-regions, these town aggregates, is wanted... What of ‘Conurbations’? 1915 P. Geddes Cities in Evol. ii. 34 For our first conurbation the name of Greater London is..dominant. 1922 C. B. Fawcett in Sociol. Rev. Apr. 111 Vast urban aggregates, or conurbations. 1948 Conurbation: Planning Survey of Birmingham i. 15 The term ‘conurbation’ means an area of continuous urban development which includes and connects two or more towns. 1957 Listener 29 Aug. 319/3 Forty per cent of Britain's population and the greater part of its wealth is [sic] concentrated in the seven large industrial conurbations. 1959 Listener 26 Feb. 368/1 The conurbations of Tyneside, Merseyside, West Riding, South-East Lancashire, and West Midlands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1915
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