"satellite town" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: satellite towns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} satellite town (plural satellite towns)
  1. A self-contained town, as opposed to a mere suburb, on the periphery of a metropolitan area. Wikipedia link: satellite town Categories (topical): Urban studies Categories (place): Towns Related terms: satellite city Translations (self-contained town near a metropolis): 衛星都市 (Chinese Mandarin), 卫星都市 (wèixīng dūshì) (Chinese Mandarin), satellitby [common-gender] (Danish), drabantby [common-gender] (Danish), planetby [common-gender] (Danish), satelliittikaupunki (Finnish), ville satellite [feminine] (French), Satellitenstadt [feminine] (German), drabantby [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), drabantby [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), cidade satélite [feminine] (Portuguese), drabantstad [common-gender] (Swedish), satellitstad [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-satellite_town-en-noun-BA2SDzo8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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