URBAN

urban

(adjective) located in or characteristic of a city or city life; “urban property owners”; “urban affairs”; “urban manners”

urban

(adjective) relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area; “urban sociology”; “urban development”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

urban (comparative more urban, superlative most urban)

Related to the (or any) city.

Characteristic of city life.

(US) Relating to contemporary African American culture.

Antonyms

• nonurban

• rural

• bucolic

Anagrams

• Braun, Buran, Rabun, aburn, unabr., unbar

Etymology

Proper noun

Urban

(uncommon) A male given name from Latin

A patronymic surname.

An early Christian, also Urbane and Urbanus in various versions of the Bible. (biblical character)

Anagrams

• Braun, Buran, Rabun, aburn, unabr., unbar

Source: Wiktionary


Ur"ban, a. Etym: [L. urbanus belonging to the urbs, urbis, a city: cf. F. urbain. Cf. Urbane.]

1. Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.

2. Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners. Urban servitude. See Predial servitude, under Servitude.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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