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

1610–20; < Latin urbānus, equivalent to urb- (stem of urbs) city + -ānus -an

OTHER WORDS FROM urban

an·ti·ur·ban, adjective non·ur·ban, adjective sem·i·ur·ban, adjective un·ur·ban, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH urban

rural suburban urban (see synonym study at rural) urban urbane

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.

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Urban III

noun

Uberto Crivelli, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1185–87.

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Urban IV

noun

Jacques Pantaléon,died 1264, French ecclesiastic: pope 1261–64.

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Urban V

noun

Guillaume de Grimoard,c1310–70, French ecclesiastic: pope 1362–70.

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Urban VI

noun

Bartolomeo Prignano,c1318–89, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1378–89.

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Urban VII

noun

Giovanni Battista Castagna,1521–90, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1590.

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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