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English
Etymology
From semi- + rural.
Pronunciation
Adjective
semirural (not comparable)
- Moderately rural; transcending both urbanity and province; developing
2009 January 2, Keith Mulvihill, “Blue Skies, a Small Town and a Big Lake”, in New York Times:In Elephant Butte, the couple's main criteria --temperate climate, a semirural location and affordability -- were met.
- 2012, Henry K. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, June 6, 2012, Sketches of Pleasanton trash-can victim released, link
- The body was found May 24 on the 11000 block of Dublin Canyon Road, a semirural area on the outskirts of the city.
Translations
transcending urbanity and province
See also
Spanish
Adjective
semirural m or f (masculine and feminine plural semirurales)
- semirural