Meanings
adjectivesemiurban (not comparable)
- not comparablePartially urban.
The scientists suspect that there are additional undetected cases because the patient lived in a semiurban area of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, and she said she had no contact with apes or their meat.
2009 August 5, Lawrence K. Altman, “New Strain of H.I.V. Is Discovered”, in New York Times
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Greek ημιαστικός
- ημιαστικός (imiastikós)partially urban
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semiurban. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiurban
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