urban
Pronunciation: /ˈɜː.bən/
The English word “urban” has 5 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place, especially when contrasted with the countryside.
- Living in a city or town.
- Having authority or jurisdiction over a city or town.
- Relating to contemporary African American culture, especially in music.
- Of an inhabitant or resident: black; African-American.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French urbain (“belonging to a city, urban; courteous, refined, urbane”) (modern French urbain), or from its etymon Latin urbānus (“of or belonging to a city, urban; of manners or style: like those of city dwellers: cultivated, polished, refined, sophisticated”) + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Urbānus is derived from urbs (“city;…
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