rural area

collocation in English

meanings of ruraland area

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rural
adjective
uk /ˈrʊə.rəl/ us /ˈrʊr.əl/
in, of, or like ...
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area
noun
uk /ˈeə.ri.ə/ us /ˈer.i.ə/
a particular part of a place, piece of land, ...
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Examples of rural area

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Just one project covers a whole town or city, two cover a mixed urban and ruralarea, and one is entirely rural.
After all, most of the older speakers immigrated from the ruralarea.
All the variables were significant in at least one country on at least one factor, with the exception of urban or ruralarea of residence.
One unpublished survey in a ruralarea showed that 17% of the women interviewed had deliberately ended at least one pregnancy.
Although a ruralarea, there is little subsistence agriculture.
Interdependence between the city and the surrounding ruralarea was strengthened.
The ruralarea where the study was conducted is characterized by poverty and a high rate of illiteracy.
Travelling from a ruralarea is seldom straightforward and usually involves more than one mode of transport and changes along the way.
In a ruralarea, farmers are usually quite distinct from their non-farming neighbours.
Most of the sample came from urban areas - only a fifth came from a ruralarea.
In most ruralarea, condoms and oral pills are not encouraged, and not very easy to obtain.
This is a ruralarea with high malaria transmission.
Throughout the whole nineteenth century the parish was a traditional ruralarea where farming, hunting, fishing and forestry were the main sources of income.
The sample consisted of 9-12-year-old children, with 26 children from the urban area, and 29 from the ruralarea.
The rest of the ruralarea is covered by small, charitable organizations based in villages or smaller cities.
Their children have incentives (of employment opportunities and potential inheritance) to remain in the ruralarea.
Many of the staff who provide domiciliary services live in the ruralarea.
For example, wandering may not be reported in a ruralarea because of the availability of space and a watchful, close-knit community.
The only multiple selections permitted in the distribution were those where the respondent chose a combination of the mountains, seashore and ruralarea alternatives.
Location of residence was divided into metropolitan versus ruralarea, with the metropolitan area as the reference category.
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