Today's Word "Conurbation"
Published in Vocabulary
conurbation \kon-uhr-BAY-shuhn\ (noun) - A large urban area involving several contiguous communities, formed as a result of expansion of neighboring areas.
"With the conurbation of shanty towns emerging in the area like mushrooms, Edith was concerned that property values would soon being a plummet from which they could not recover."
From con- (together, with) + Latin urb- (city) + -ation.
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