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urbs

Pronunciation: [ˈʊrps]

“urbs” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a city, walled town
  2. the City, Rome

In Latin

  1. Magnus grex aedificiorum, civitate culta, et praesertim muro cincto.

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *worβis, from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ- (“to enclose”) (compare Umbrian 𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄 (uerfale, “area for taking auspices”), Hittite [script needed] (warpa-, “enclosure”), Tocharian A warpi (“garden”), Tocharian B werwiye (“garden”)). * Derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos (“city”) (from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”), whence e.g. Hittite [script needed] (gurtas, “citadel”)…

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