Definitions for urbanˈɜr bən
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ur•banˈɜr bən(adj.)
of, pertaining to, or comprising a city or town.
living in a city.
characteristic of or accustomed to cities; citified.
Origin of urban:
1610–20; < L urbānus=urb-, s. of urbs city +-ānus -an1
Princeton's WordNet
urban(adj)
relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
"urban sociology"; "urban development"
urban(adj)
located in or characteristic of a city or city life
"urban property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
urban(adjective)ˈɜr bən
relating to or in a city
urban neighborhoods; urban life
Wiktionary
urban(Adjective)
Related to the (or any) city.
urban(Adjective)
Characteristic of city life.
Urban(ProperNoun)
, rather rare in English.
Urban(ProperNoun)
An early Christian, also Urbane and Urbanus in various versions of the Bible.
Origin: Urbanus, name of eight early popes, from urbanus.
Webster Dictionary
Urban(adj)
of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population
Urban(adj)
belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Urban
the name of eight Popes: Urban I., Pope from 223 to 230; Urban II., Pope from 1088 to 1099, warm promoter of the first Crusade; Urban III., Pope from 1185 to 1187; Urban IV., Pope from 1261 to 1264; Urban V., Pope from 1362 to 1370, man of an ascetic temper; Urban VI., Pope from 1378 to 1389, in his reign the schism in the papacy began which lasted 40 years; Urban VII., Pope in 1590; and Urban VIII., Pope from 1623 to 1644, founded the College de Propaganda Fide.
Translations for urban
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
urban(adjective)
of, consisting of, or living in, a city or town
He dislikes urban life; urban traffic.
- stadsagtigAfrikaans
- مَدَني، خاص بالمَدينَهArabic
- градскиBulgarian
- urbanoPortuguese (BR)
- městskýCzech
- Stadt-...German
- by-; bymæssigDanish
- αστικός, της πόληςGreek
- urbanoSpanish
- linna-Estonian
- شهریFarsi
- kaupunki-Finnish
- urbainFrench
- עִירוֹנִיHebrew
- शहरी, नागरिकHindi
- urban, gradskiCroatian
- városiHungarian
- kotaIndonesian
- borgar-Icelandic
- urbanoItalian
- 都市のJapanese
- 도시의Korean
- miestoLithuanian
- pilsētas-Latvian
- bandarMalay
- stedelijkDutch
- by-, bymessigNorwegian
- miejskiPolish
- شهریPersian
- ښاري، دښار او سيدونكى: دښارPashto
- urbanoPortuguese
- urbanRomanian
- городскойRussian
- mestskýSlovak
- mestenSlovenian
- urbanSerbian
- urban, stads-Swedish
- เกี่ยวกับเมืองThai
- kentselTurkish
- 都市的Chinese (Trad.)
- міськийUkrainian
- شہر سے متعلقUrdu
- thuộc, ở thành phốVietnamese
- 都市的Chinese (Simp.)
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