interurban
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- adjective
- /ˌɪntərˈɜrbən/
:
interurbano
- The interurban train connects several major cities, making it easy for commuters to travel between them.
- interurban train
- interurban streetcar
- interurban line
Examples
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Banham famously divided Los Angeles into four "ecologies," and the first he discussed was "surfurbia," the cities that lie along the old interurban electric car route at the shore and that "correspond most nearly to the surfside way of Angelino life" (p. 47).
Academic text (2005) -
The piazza is essential to movement in a city and has become nodal for both intra- and interurban transit.
Academic text (1994) -
San Francisco and the Bay Area (not to mention LA) were absolutely covered in streetcars and interurban rail lines before WWII, operated by private companies.
Blog text (18) -
Many of the interurban townsites did not develop significantly until their surrounding countryside had been transformed into automobile-commuter suburbs after 1950.
Academic text (2006) -
Compare this to the sprawl encouraged by airlines—and their needed counterpart, interurban highways—and their relative lack of usable salvage, and the picture becomes clearer.
Blog text (15) -
Residents often rely on the interurban trolley to visit nearby towns for shopping and entertainment.
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When planning their trip, they checked the interurban bus schedule to find the best route between cities.
Synonyms
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Relating to travel between different cities by bus or train
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Morphology
Etymology
Interurban comes from inter- 'between' and urban 'city', so it describes something that connects or exists 'between' towns or cities.