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rurality en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English rural Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English rurality From rural + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state of being rural.
    • Although the house is lonely it is on the electric tram route. You know the sort of market garden rurality that about a dozen miles out of London offers—alternate bricks and cabbages. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
  2. (countable) A rural characteristic.

Forms

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Antonyms

urbanity

Translations (4)

it ruralità (state of being rural) · fi maalaismaisuus (state of being rural) · it ruralità (rural characteristic) · fi maalaismaisuus (rural characteristic)