rurban
/ˈɹɜɹbən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to a location which has both urban and rural characteristics.
Example Sentences
- "The rurban community offers greater possibilities of social stratification than does the open country community."
- "There exists what has come to be called the "rurban fringe," an area occupied by tar paper shacks and stately estates, large commercial farms and one-acre part-time farms, golf courses and cemeteries, airports and obnoxious industries."
- "In the lands of the Indian Ocean ‘agrarian cities’ and ‘rurban’ settlements of all sizes were the general rule throughout the medieval period."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɜɹbən/
- British English: /ˈɹɜːb(ə)n/