conurbation

Etymology
From +  +. .

Noun

 * 1) A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.

Usage notes
A Dictionary of Geography distinguishes between uninuclear conurbations (conurbations which have developed around one urban area) and polynuclear conurbations (conurbations which have developed from the aggregation of several urban areas).

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: konurbanizasiya
 * Basque: konurbazio
 * Belarusian: канурба́цыя
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 都市圈
 * Czech:
 * Danish: konurbation, bysammenvoksning
 * Dutch:, stedengroep
 * Esperanto: kunurbaĵo
 * Finnish: konurbaatio, megalopoli
 * French: ,
 * German: Ballungsgebiet,, , Konurbation, Zusammenwuchs von Städten,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: konurbasi
 * Irish: ceirtleán uirbeach, comhchathair
 * Italian:
 * Karachay-Balkar: конурба́ция
 * Kazakh: конурбация
 * Manx: covaljys
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: konurbasjon
 * Nynorsk: konurbasjon
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: konurbation,
 * Turkish: konürbasyon
 * Ukrainian: конурба́ція
 * Welsh: cytref