ərˈbeɪ noun
an extensive urban area resulting from the expansion of several cities or towns so that they coalesce but usually retain their separate identities.
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| a large densely populated urban sprawl formed by the growth and coalescence of individual towns or cities | |
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conurbation
1915, from L. con- "with, together" + urbs "city" + -ation. Coined by Scottish biologist and urban planner Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) in "Cities in Evolution."
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