conurbation

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

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: konurbanizasiya — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Basque: konurbazio — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Belarusian: канурба́цыя (kanurbácyja) — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Bulgarian: конурба́ция (konurbácija) — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Catalan: conurbació — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Chinese Mandarin: 都市圈 (dūshìquān) — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Chinese Mandarin: 城市群 (chéngshìqún) — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Czech: konurbace — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Danish: konurbation — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Danish: bysammenvoksning — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Dutch: agglomeratie — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Dutch: stedengroep — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Esperanto: kunurbaĵo — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Estonian: linnastu — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Finnish: konurbaatio — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Finnish: megalopoli — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• French: conurbation — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• French: agglomération — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• German: Städteregion — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• German: Konurbation — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• German: Ballungsraum (-gebiet n, -zentrum n) — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• German: Verdichtungsraum (-gebiet n, -zentrum n) — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• German: Agglomeration — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Hungarian: konurbáció — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Indonesian: konurbasi — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Irish: ceirtleán uirbeach — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Irish: comhchathair — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Italian: conurbazione — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Karachay-Balkar: конурба́ция (konurbátsiya) — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Kazakh: конурбация (konurbasiä) — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Manx: covaljys — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Norwegian Bokmål: konurbasjon — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Norwegian Nynorsk: konurbasjon — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Polish: konurbacja — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Portuguese: conurbação — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Romanian: conurbație — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Russian: конурба́ция (konurbácija) — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Serbo-Croatian: konurbacija — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Slovak: súmestie — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Slovak: konurbácia — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Spanish: conurbación — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Swahili: muunganomiji — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Swedish: konurbation — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Swedish: storstadsregion — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Turkish: konürbasyon — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Ukrainian: конурба́ція (konurbácija) — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl
• Welsh: cytref — an extended collection of urban communities; urban sprawl