Definitions for urban
ˈɜr bənur·ban

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. urbanadjective

   relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area

   "urban sociology"; "urban development"

2. urbanadjective

   located in or characteristic of a city or city life

   "urban property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. urbanadjective

   Related to the (or any) city.

   Etymology: Urbanus, name of eight early popes, from urbanus.

2. urbanadjective

   Characteristic of city life.

   Etymology: Urbanus, name of eight early popes, from urbanus.

3. Urbannoun

   A male given name from Latin

   Etymology: Latin Urbānus, name of eight early popes, from urbānus ("of the town or city, urbane") .

4. Urbannoun

   A patronymic surname.

   Etymology: Latin Urbānus, name of eight early popes, from urbānus ("of the town or city, urbane") .

5. Urbannoun

   An early Christian, also Urbane and Urbanus in various versions of the Bible.

   Grete wel Vrban, oure helpere in Crist Jhesus, and Stacchen, my derlyng.

   Etymology: Latin Urbānus, name of eight early popes, from urbānus ("of the town or city, urbane") .

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Urbanadjective

   of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population

2. Urbanadjective

   belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners

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1. Urban

   Urban was a Danish free daily newspaper owned by Det Berlingske Officin. It was launched on September 24, 2001, shortly after the competing free daily MetroXpress. Circulation in second half of 2008 was 196,752. It closed on January 12, 2012.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Urban

   ur′ban, adj. of or belonging to a city.—adj. Urbāne′, pertaining to, or influenced by, a city: civilised: refined: courteous.—adv. Urbāne′ly.—n. Urban′ity, the quality of being urbane: refinement: politeness.—Urbi et orbi='to the city and to the world,' a form used in the publication of papal bulls, for the purpose of signifying their formal promulgation to the entire Catholic world, as well as to the city of Rome. [L. urbanus—urbs, a city.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.

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1. urban

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'urban' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1930

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'urban' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2358

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'urban' in Adjectives Frequency: #250

Anagrams for urban »

1. Buran, unbar

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of urban in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of urban in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of urban in a Sentence

1. Cris Carrigan:

   Some urban water suppliers simply have not met the requirements laid before them, for these four suppliers, it’s been too little too late.

2. Neil Shah:

   They will have to go with physical distribution if they want to go beyond the urban consumers who are just buying online and the setting up of a local manufacturing facility would be a step in that direction.

3. Deborah Lyons:

   The war in Afghanistan has entered a new, deadlier, and more destructive phase, the provincial capitals of Kandahar, Herat, and Lashkar Gahin particular havecome under significant pressure. This is a clear attempt by the Taliban to seize urban centers with the force of arms.

4. Jeremy Farrar:

   The worst case scenario is that political instability remains, mistrust grows ... and then there's nothing to stop the epidemic getting embedded into a big urban centre and taking off as it did in West Africa.

5. Tom Joyner:

   Twenty-five years ago, there was no template for a syndicated Urban radio show and we worked hard to prove that we could successfully produce and market a national platform that would entertain, inform and empower African-American listeners.

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