different between suburban vs conurbation

English

Etymology

From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??b??(?)b?n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)b?n

Adjective

suburban (comparative more suburban, superlative most suburban)

1. Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city.
   • 1779, William Cowper, Retirement

     Suburban villas, highway-side retreats, […] delight the citizen.

Antonyms

• nonsuburban

Translations

Noun

suburban (plural suburbans)

1. A person who lives in a suburb.
2. An automobile with a station wagon body on a truck chassis.

Related terms

• suburb
• periphery
• environs

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.bur?ban/

Etymology

From Latin suburbanus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su.bur?ban/

Adjective

suburban m or n (feminine singular suburban?, masculine plural suburbani, feminine and neuter plural suburbane)

1. suburban

Related terms

• suburbie

English

Etymology

From Latin con- (“together”) + urbs (“city”) + -ation. Coined by Scottish biologist, sociologist, and geographer Patrick Geddes in 1915.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?n??be???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?n??be???n/

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

conurbation (plural conurbations)

1. A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.

Usage notes

A Dictionary of Geography distinguishes between uninuclear conurbations (conurbations which have developed around one urban area) and polynuclear conurbations (conurbations which have developed from the aggregation of several urban areas).

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References

• 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
• 2005, John Scott and Gordon Marshall, A Dictionary of Sociology, Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
• 2004, Susan Mayhew, A Dictionary of Geography, Oxford University Press, ?ISBN