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Meaning of URBAN

Pronunciation:  'urbun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  located in or characteristic of a city or city life; "urban property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners"
  2. [adj]  relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area; "urban sociology"; "urban development"
 
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 Synonyms: citified, city-born, city-bred, cityfied, urbanised, urbanized
 
 Antonyms: rural
 

 

 

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ur"ban\, a. [L. urbanus belonging to the ?ity or town,
refined, polished, fr. urbs, urbis, a city: cf. F. urbain.
Cf. {Urbane}.]
1. Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban
   population.
2. Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city;
   cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners.
{Urban servitude}. See {Predial servitude}, under
   {Servitude}.
 
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 Definition: A city or town.
 

 

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