urban
[ ur-buh n ]
/ ˈɜr bən /
adjective
of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
living in a city.
characteristic of or accustomed to cities; citified: He is an urban type.
Origin of urban
OTHER WORDS FROM urban
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Definition for urban (2 of 9)
Urban I
[ ur-buh n ]
/ ˈɜr bən /
noun
Saint,
pope a.d. 222–230.
Definition for urban (3 of 9)
Urban II
noun
OdoorOtho,c1042–99,
French ecclesiastic: pope 1088–99.
Definition for urban (4 of 9)
Urban III
noun
Uberto Crivelli,
Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1185–87.
Definition for urban (5 of 9)
Urban IV
noun
Jacques Pantaléon,died 1264,
French ecclesiastic: pope 1261–64.
Definition for urban (6 of 9)
Urban V
noun
Guillaume de Grimoard,c1310–70,
French ecclesiastic: pope 1362–70.
Definition for urban (7 of 9)
Urban VI
noun
Bartolomeo Prignano,c1318–89,
Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1378–89.
Definition for urban (8 of 9)
Urban VII
noun
Giovanni Battista Castagna,1521–90,
Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1590.
Definition for urban (9 of 9)
Urban VIII
noun
Maffeo Barberini,1568–1644,
Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1623–44.
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British Dictionary definitions for urban (1 of 4)
urban
/ (ˈɜːbən) /
adjective
of, relating to, or constituting a city or town
living in a city or town
(of music) emerging and developing in densely populated areas of large cities, esp those populated by people of African or Caribbean origin
Compare rural
Word Origin for urban
C17: from Latin
urbānus, from
urbs city
British Dictionary definitions for urban (2 of 4)
Urban II
/ (ˈɜːbən) /
noun
original name Odo or Udo. ?1042–99, French ecclesiastic; pope (1088–99). He inaugurated the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont (1095)
British Dictionary definitions for urban (3 of 4)
Urban VI
noun
original name Bartolomeo Prignano ?1318–89, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1378–89). His policies led to the election of an antipope by the French cardinals, thus beginning the Great Schism in the West
British Dictionary definitions for urban (4 of 4)
Urban VIII
noun
original name Maffeo Barberini. 1568–1644, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1623–44) during the Thirty Years' War, in which he supported Richelieu against the Hapsburgs