conurbation

noun

Definition of conurbationnext
as in metropolis

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Recent Examples of conurbation However, this does not mean that the development of remote jobs will have no influence on the future face of major cities and conurbations. — Arnaud Devigne, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024 Roads, office parks, and malls line the site now, part of the conurbation known as the Arizona Sun Corridor. — Amity Shlaes, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024 This was no easy task in the jumble of a vast nineteenth-century conurbation. — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023 Riyadh Air, based in Saudi Arabia’s namesake capital, a conurbation of 8 million people, will commence flights in 2025, aiming to serve 100 cities by 2030. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for conurbation
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  1. metropolis
  2. city
  3. town
  4. municipality
  5. megalopolis
  6. suburb
Noun
  • Copenhagen topped the Economist Intelligence Unit’s ranking of the world’s most livable cities for the second year in a row, though Chinese metropolises made the largest gains.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
  • There’s always the temptation of an easy score, though, a con game suited to the great metropolis, captured here in Colson Whitehead’s signature deadpan.
    — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
Definition of metropolis
Noun
  • Video released by Iranian state media shows patients being evacuated from Shahid Baghaei Hospital in Iran’s southwestern city of Ahvaz on Wednesday.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • Fulton currently participates in 12 TADs, Ellis explained, eight of which are inside Atlanta city limits.
    — Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of city
Noun
  • And waterfront towns like North Bay Village and Bay Harbor Islands that were once known as quiet working-class suburbs are getting facelifts with new ultra-luxury condo buildings.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • Once the eclipse ends, this rugged headland becomes an excellent place to watch the Perseids, with broad ocean views and little interference from nearby towns.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of town
Noun
  • Headlines from around the country swirled about how the lengthy US government shutdown left local municipalities without the necessary funds to prepare for millions of people coming to the US.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • My belief is that local municipalities and counties should have the right to make determinations about these projects.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of municipality
Noun
  • Boyu promises to be instrumental in helping Starbucks open stores in cities beyond Shanghai, Beijing, and China’s other megalopolises, while keeping costs in check.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Reef-building corals—the engineers of myriad underwater structures—create maritime megalopolises dense with crevices and hidey-holes for fish and other sea creatures.
    — Fanni Szakal, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
Definition of megalopolis
Noun
  • Such schools, which were not partitioned by grade, were common in what now are Chicago’s suburbs, many of which started as small farming communities.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
  • Valeri, who began playing at age 4 in his Buenos Aires suburb, said the futbol passion and aptitude run deep in a country where community pride infuses youth-club rivalries and street soccer prevails in many neighborhoods.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of suburb

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