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rurban

adj
/ˈɹɜːb(ə)n/UK/ˈɹɜɹbən/US

Etymology

Blend of rural + urban, early 20th c.

  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. compounded as rurban — “rural + urban”

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a location which has both urban and rural characteristics.

    • 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.

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