In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
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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CITYSCAPE
(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”
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