to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim. to cast off or disown: to repudiate a son. to reject with disapproval or condemnation: to repudiate a new doctrine. to reject with denial: to repudiate a charge as untrue. to refuse to acknowledge and pay (a debt), as a state, municipality, etc.
A census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA) is formed by one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a population centre (known as the core). A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more must live in the core based on adjusted data from the previous Census of Population Program.
The agglomeration of the urbanized Greater Los Angeles area surrounds the urban core of Los Angeles County. The regional term is defined to refer to the more-or-less continuously urbanized area stretching from Ventura County to the southern border of Orange County and from the Pacific Ocean to the Coachella Valley in the Inland Empire.