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interurban

adj

Etymology

From inter- + urban.

  1. derived from *gʰerdʰ-✻ — “to encircle, enclose; a belt; an enclosure, fence”
  2. derived from urbānus — “of or belonging to a city, urban; of manners or style: like those of city dwellers: cultivated, polished, refined, sophisticated”
  3. borrowed from urbain — “belonging to a city, urban; courteous, refined, urbane”
  4. prefixed as interurban — “inter + urban”

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, involving or joining two or more urban centres.

    • One of the commercial attachés of the Department of Commerce in South America transmits the name and address of an engineer who desires to receive full information relative to an automotor for an interurban railway.

  2. An electric railway carrying mainly passengers between two or more urban centres.

    • interurban car, interurban line, interurban railroad
    • Q. Took the interurban at Denison? A. Yes, sir. Q. And went from there to McKinney on the interurban?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA