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Word of the day  

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11/24/2013 11:25 pm

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11/25/2013 7:44 am
Word of the day

Today's word is CONURBATION.

Conurbation [kay-ner-BAY-shun] noun: an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities

Example:
After driving for what seemed like hours they finally made it out of the conurbation and into the city leaving the urban jungle behind for the nightlife that was waiting them that weekend.

Did you know?
When Sir Patrick Geddes, a Scottish biologist turned sociologist, sat down in 1915 to write Cities in Evolution, a work on urban planning, he needed a word. How should he refer to thickly populated regions consisting of a sprawling range of cities clustered together? "Some name, then, for these city-regions, these town aggregates, is wanted…. What of 'conurbations'?" he asked rhetorically early on in his work. For his coinage, Geddes combined "urbs" (the Latin word for "city," already familiar in "urban" and "suburb") with the Latin prefix "con-" ("together") and the English noun suffix "-ation." It turned out that his word suited English speakers just fine—we've been using it ever since.

Been a long day and a long weekend, I'm ready for sleep! Those 3 hours practices kick my ass! Hope y'all have a spectacular weekend and a great Sunday

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