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Definition: Urban Area |
Urban AreaNoun1. A geographical area constituting a city or town. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Census | Collective term referring to all areas that are urban. For Census 2000, there are two types of urban areas: urban clusters and urbanized areas. (references) |
| A generic term that refers to both urbanized areas and urban clusters. This terminology is new for Census 2000. (references) | |
Finance | According to the U. S. Bureau of the Census, any community with a population of 2,500 or more, whether incorporated or not. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Antonym: country (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Urban Area |
| English words defined with "urban area": barrio ♦ city, common, commons ♦ green ♦ metropolis ♦ park ♦ town ♦ urban center. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "urban area": Central place, conservation area ♦ Heat Island Effect ♦ linear city ♦ metropolitan statistical area, Microclimate ♦ preservation area, protection area ♦ radial road, radial street, radial trunk road ♦ SEUA ♦ traffic calming, traffic calming measures ♦ urban cluster, Urban Flash Flood Guidance, urbanized area. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | NRCS utilized gabion structures to prevent serious erosion in an urban area of Virginia. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The administrative effectiveness of waste control is directly related to the population of the urban area; that is, as the population of the municipality increases, the percentage of municipality-controlled disposal increases. (references) | |
Economic History | Guatemala | Arzu won because of his strength in Guatemala City, where he had previously served as mayor, and in the surrounding urban area. (references) |
Netherlands | An additional $4 billion will go to finance a project to improve access to the "Randstad" urban area between Amsterdam and Rotterdam. (references) | |
India | In cities with over a million people, the proposed location must be at least 25 kilometers away from the Standard Urban Area limits of that city. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Namibia | In Windhoek's non-white urban area townships, many workers and their families have difficulty maintaining a minimal standard of living. (references) |
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Expressions using "urban area": congested urban area ♦ highly developed urban area. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "urban area"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | byområde (agglomeration, city region, conurbation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stedelijk gebied. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | zone urbaine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Stadtgebiet (metropolitan area). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αστική περιοχή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | area urbana. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anurbay areaay zona urbana. (various references) zona urbana. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-e-n-r-r-u" | |
-2 letters: urbaner. | |
-3 letters: barren, burner, rurban, unbear, urbane. | |
-4 letters: anear, arena, aurae, aurar, barer, barre, buran, rebar, reran, rerun, ruana, unbar, urare, urban. | |
-5 letters: area, aura, bane, bare, barn, bean, bear, beau, brae, bran, bren, bura, burn, burr, earn, nabe, near, rare, rear, rube, ruer, rune, unbe, urea. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-b-e-n-r-r-u" | |
+3 letters: tabernacular. | |
+4 letters: unwarrantable. | |
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