urban

Meaning

1. Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place, especially when contrasted with the countryside.
2. Living in a city or town.
3. Having authority or jurisdiction over a city or town.
4. Relating to contemporary African American culture, especially in music.
5. (of inhabitants or residents) Black; African American.

Synonyms

municipal

city

🏙️

town

🏙️

metropolitan

civic

suburb

civil

refined

oppidan

urban area

urban centre

urbane

with-it

belonging to a town

cityfied

Hyphenated as

urb‧an

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɜːb(ə)n/

Etymology

Cognate with French: urbain

In summary

Borrowed from Middle French urbain (“belonging to a city, urban; courteous, refined, urbane”) (modern French urbain), or from its etymon Latin urbānus (“of or belonging to a city, urban; of manners or style: like those of city dwellers: cultivated, polished, refined, sophisticated”) + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Urbānus is derived from urbs (“city; walled town; Rome”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; a belt; an enclosure, fence”) or *werbʰ- (“to enclose”)) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).

Sentences

The " Daily " was instrumental in the spread of the Paul is dead urban legend .

It is home to some of largest South-African urban agglomerations .