semiurban

4.2

Partly like a city and partly like the countryside with houses and open land

adjective
/ˌsɛmiˈɜrbən/

: semiurbano

Many families prefer to live in semiurban areas where they can enjoy both city amenities and a quieter, rural lifestyle.

Examples

Also, the study was confined to faculty at two U.S. semiurban research institutions of higher education; therefore, the generalizability of the results to other groups of professionals within or outside the United States, or to faculty at other types of universities, may also be limited.

Academic text (2000)
Traditionally, FOIN has been dominated by a relatively small group of urban and semiurban men.

Academic text (2003)
The semiurban neighborhood features a mix of parks, shops, and residential homes, making it ideal for those who want the best of both worlds.
Living in a semiurban environment allows residents to commute easily to the city while benefiting from larger yards and green spaces.

Synonyms

semirural

vssemiurban

1 4.2

An area that is partly countryside and partly city, often near both

is about places with more urban character mixed with rural features

Antonyms

urban

571 2.5

About a city or town rather than the countryside

rural

392 2.5

Of the countryside rather than the city, often near farms and open land

How Urban

metropolitan

121 4.8

urban

571 2.5

semiurban

4.2

suburban

234 3.5

rural

392 2.5

Surface Forms

semiurban positive

Morphology

semiurban = urban (transparent) = semi + urban

The meaning is directly composed from 'semi-' meaning partly and 'urban' meaning city-related.

Etymology

Semiurban comes from the prefix semi-, which means 'half', and urban, which means 'city'. So semiurban describes a place that is 'partly city' and 'partly countryside', with both city and rural features.