strip city

American  

noun

1. a continuous area of urban development lying between or embracing two or more large cities and having a population of at least one million; megalopolis.

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Etymology

Origin of strip city

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

It concluded that a Hamas rocket fired on May 10 killed seven people, including two children, in the Gaza Strip city of Jabaliya.

From Seattle Times

About 50 strikes targeted the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, with attacks on militants group training facilities, a Hamas run security compound, roads and farms, our correspondent says.

From BBC

The restaurant is a the staple in the Golden Strip city’s food scene and Deas is building on his success there with the addition of a second business, an ice cream shop called Pop’s Cabin Creamery next to the Mauldin Cultural Center.

From Washington Times

During Branson’s tourism boom in the 1980s and 1990s, the city was inundated with requests for building permits to build hotels and motels along and near the strip, City Administrator Stan Dobbins has said.

From Washington Times

Fathi Jumaa said Thursday that he covered the cage of the day-old lions with blankets ahead of Wednesday’s winter storm, but found them dead the next morning at the small zoo in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.

From Seattle Times