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urban area
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun urban area has 1 sense
- urban area(n = noun.location) populated area - a geographical area constituting a city or town; Array has particulars: megalopolis, conurbation, sprawl, urban sprawl, municipality, new town, barrio, rustbelt, twin cities
is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
has parts: common, commons, green, park
Antonym: rural area
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