urbs

Meaning

1. (declension-3, feminine) a city, walled town
2. (declension-3, feminine) the City, Rome

Concepts

city

🏙️

town

🏙️

capital

chorography

hometown

settlement

Synonyms

oppidum

🏙️

civitas

urbs urbis

cīvitas

Translations

Stadt

🏙️

ville

🏙️

città

🏙️

cidade

🏙️

ciudad

🏙️

ciutat

🏙️

stad

🏙️

πόλη

şehir

🏙️

kent

🏙️

cité

🏙️

urbe

ciutat

vila

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈʊrps]

Etymology

Uncertain.
* From Proto-Italic *worβis, from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ- (“to enclose”) (compare Umbrian 𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄 (uerfale, “area for taking auspices”), Hittite [script needed] (warpa-, “enclosure”), Tocharian A warpi (“garden”), Tocharian B werwiye (“garden”)).
* Derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos (“city”) (from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”), whence e.g. Hittite [script needed] (gurtas, “citadel”) Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá, “house”), English yard) has been proposed, but suffers from irregularities; *horbus would be rather expected.