What does urban mean?

Definitions for urban
ˈɜr bənur·ban

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word urban.

Princeton's WordNet

  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

  1. urbanadjective

    Related to the (or any) city.

  2. urbanadjective

    Characteristic of city life.

  3. Urbannoun

    A male given name from Latin

  4. Urbannoun

    A patronymic surname.

  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.

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

ChatGPT

  1. urban

    Urban refers to anything that is characteristic of, related to, or situated in, a densely populated city or town. It typically includes aspects such as the physical infrastructure, architectural design, culture, lifestyle, social behavior, as well as economic and political systems of metropolitan areas.

Webster Dictionary

  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

Wikidata

  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

  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. urbanusurbs, a city.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  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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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. URBAN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Urban is ranked #1790 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Urban surname appeared 20,058 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 7 would have the surname Urban.

    91.9% or 18,445 total occurrences were White.
    5.6% or 1,125 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.8% or 179 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.8% or 172 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.3% or 74 total occurrences were Black.
    0.3% or 62 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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

  2. 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. Samantha Mynhardt:

    The area where it's found has been heavily impacted by mining over the past few decades, there's also growing urban development around Port Nolloth that poses a significant threat to the species.

  2. Patricia Gabbe:

    We need more research that looks at their effectiveness, especially in urban cities, we support anything that will help save a baby’s life, but there haven’t been safety studies that we need.

  3. Vivian Tan:

    In many urban settings, the demand for RSD exceeds processing capacities. In Bangkok, UNHCR has been working to speed up processing times.

  4. Mary Crass:

    When there is not frequent, reliable, accessible transport, this can affect women and anyone's ability to access opportunity and notably employment in urban areas, which can make a big difference for women in particular, (Women) tend to be more reliant on public transport and on non-motorized means, particularly in low-income or middle-income countries, in emerging economies.

  5. Steven Pedigo:

    That's a pretty significant jump in becoming much more urban, the Austin metro area in 2010 was 1.7 million ; now it's about 2.3 million. It added about 570,000 people, which is about the size of the District of Columbia.

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