Meaning & use
Conurbation
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An extended urban area formed by the merging of several towns or cities and their suburbs.
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Greater Manchester is a conurbation made up of ten metropolitan boroughs.
Rapid growth turned the once-separate villages into a single sprawling conurbation.
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The term was coined in 1915 by Scottish town planner Patrick Geddes to describe the merging of neighboring urban areas.
Words with a similar meaning
metropolisurban sprawl
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