urban
adjective
of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
semiurban
-
a word derived from
urban.
Example Sentences
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At every semiurban stop along the way, from Rapid City, South Dakota, to Missoula, Montana, to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, I laughed at what passes for density and congestion west of the Mississippi.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
Layered over such prose poetry, in a dozen essays about the desert, the semiurban corners of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
Today the county is 96% fully developed, and the old distinctions between town and country are completely blurred in the semiurban mess.
From Time Magazine Archive
