urban_area has definitions from the field of geography
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[ noun ] (geography) a geographical area constituting a city or town

Synonyms

populated_area

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

Before adjournment Monday afternoon , the Senate is expected to approve a study of the number of legislators allotted to rural and urban_areas to determine what adjustments should be made .

(Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)

Motion-picture exhibitions took_place in stores in a general atmosphere like that of the penny_arcade which can still be found in such urban_areas as Times_Square .

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