urban area meaning

Definition of urban area

1. a geographical area constituting a city or town

   Synonyms: populated area

   Opposite: rural area

   Type of: geographical area

   Kinds: megalopolis, conurbation, Rustbelt, municipality, new town, barrio, Twin Cities

urban area in a sentence

• More and more people are moving to urban areas.
• Algiers is our country's most populous urban area.
• More than half of the world's population lives in an urban area.
• Most people live in urban areas.
• Gas emissions cause serious pollution in urban areas.

How to pronounce urban area

urban area is pronounced /ˈɜːbən ˈɛərɪə/ in British English and /ˈɝbən ˈɛriə/ in American English. It has 5 syllables.