Urban
['ɜːb(ə)n] or ['ɝbən]
Definition
(adj.) located in or characteristic of a city or city life; 'urban property owners'; 'urban affairs'; 'urban manners' .
(adj.) relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area; 'urban sociology'; 'urban development' .
Editor: Ricky--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.
(a.) Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners.
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Definition
adj. of or belonging to a city.—adj. Urbāne′ pertaining to or influenced by a city: civilised: refined: courteous.—adv. Urbāne′ly.—n. Urban′ity the quality of being urbane: refinement: politeness.—Urbi et orbi='to the city and to the world ' a form used in the publication of papal bulls for the purpose of signifying their formal promulgation to the entire Catholic world as well as to the city of Rome.
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Examples
- The next Pope but one after Gregory VII was Urban II (1087-1099), the Pope of the First Crusade. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And Gregory VII and Urban II had redeemed all that. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And this response to the appeal of Urban the Second was not confined only to what we should call educated people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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