semirural
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- adjective
- /ˌsɛmɪˈrʊrəl/
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semirural
- The region is characterized as semirural with 11 administrative districts.
- a semirural area
- semirural and rural
- semirural to suburban
Examples
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In rural and semirural communities, that can be disastrous because there's not much diversity of employment there," Rose said.
Blog text (13) -
For example, the lack of public transportation in rural and semirural areas may explain why 17.3% of our participants reported car-related problems as a stressor.
Academic text (2000) -
The outer ring was a semirural setting more than twenty miles from the central city.
Academic text (1992) -
Although I couldn't make it out for sure in the dark, her friend's house seemed to be in a semirural area.
Academic text (2009) -
Although participants came from urban, semirural, and rural areas, the sample did not include large urban centers or other regions of the country.
Academic text (2000) -
They pointed the laser into the night sky over Livermore, creating a column of light that startled residents in the semirural community.
Academic text (1994) -
The elementary schools located in Texas (Alexander Elementary, Barton Elementary, and Carson Elementary) were semirural to suburban.
Academic text (2002) -
Patients came from diverse settings that included urban, suburban, and semirural communities in the Detroit–Ann Arbor vicinity.
Academic text (2008) -
The Entebbe TASO clinic, located in a semirural area in the central region of the country, has been the site of numerous medical studies on HIV/AIDS (French et al., 2001, 2002; Watera et al., 2006).
Academic text (2010) -
The outer ring was a semirural setting more than twenty miles from the central city.
Synonyms
Partly like a city and partly like the countryside with houses and open land
Antonyms
How Rural
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Semirural joins semi- meaning 'partly' and rural meaning 'country'. So a semirural place is partly countryside and partly like a town, often sitting between the city and the fields.