Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semiurban

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: semi-ur-ban
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Partially urban.

Example Sentences

"The scientists suspect that there are additional undetected cases because the patient lived in a semiurban area of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, and she said she had no contact with apes or their meat."

Etymology

From semi- + urban.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: semi

Questions

What does semiurban mean?: Partially urban.
Where does semiurban come from?: From semi- + urban.

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