conurbation
英 [ˌkɒnɜːˈbeɪʃn]
美 ['kɑnɝ'beʃən]
- n. 有卫星城的大都市；（几个邻近的城市因扩建而形成一个）组合城市，集合都市
TEM8
- conurbation (n.)
- 1915, from Latin com- "with, together" (see com-) + urbs "city" + -ation. Coined by Scottish biologist and urban planner Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) in "Cities in Evolution."
