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urban
relating to a city; characteristic of city life: There are many benefits to urban living.
Not to be confused with:
urbane – polished and elegant in manner or style; suave; cosmopolitan: He has a sophisticated, urbane way about him. [Urban and urbane once meant the same thing: belonging to a city. Both words are derived from the Latin urbanis. Later, urbane developed the more specialized sense of refined, polite, and elegant, which were considered to be characteristics of those who lived in cities rather than those living in the country.]
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ur·ban
(ûr′bən)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or located in a city.
2. Characteristic of the city or city life.
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urban
(ˈɜːbən)adj
1. (Human Geography) of, relating to, or constituting a city or town
2. (Human Geography) living in a city or town
3. (Pop Music) (of music) emerging and developing in densely populated areas of large cities, esp those populated by people of African or Caribbean origin. Compare rural
[C17: from Latin urbānus, from urbs city]
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ur•ban
(ˈɜr bən)adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or comprising a city or town.
2. living in a city.
3. characteristic of or accustomed to cities; citified.
[1610–20; < Latin urbānus=urb-, s. of urbs city + -ānus -an1]
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urban
, urbane - Urban refers to a city; urbane means polished and smooth, as in a person's demeanor.See also related terms for polished.
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2. | ![]() rural - living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural" |
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urban
adjective civic, city, town, metropolitan, municipal, dorp (S. African), inner-city Most urban areas are close to a park.
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urban
adjectiveOf, in, or belonging to a city:
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Translations
مَدَني، خاص بالمَدينَه
městskýUrban
by-bymæssig
Urpo
Urban
borgar-
pilsētas-
Urban
Urban
Urban
mestenUrban
Urban
kentsel
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urban
[ˈɜːrbən] adj [area, population] → urbain(e)urban blight n → dégradation f urbaineurban clearway n → rue f à stationnement interditurban conservation area n → zone f urbaine protégéeurban development n → aménagement m urbainurban development zone n → zone f à urbaniser en priorité, ZUP fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
urban
adj → städtisch; life also → in der Stadt; urban decay → Verfall m → der Städte; urban motorway → Stadtautobahn f; urban America → das städtische Amerika; urban clearway → Stadtautobahn f
urban
:urban centre, (US) urban center
urban development
n → Stadtentwicklung f
urban dweller
n → Stadtbewohner(in) m(f)
urban
:urban planning
n → Stadtplanung f
urban renewal
n → Stadterneuerung f
urban warfare
n → Stadtkampf m
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urban
[ˈɜːbən] adj → urbano/aurban sprawl → sviluppo urbanistico incontrollato, espansione f urbana tentacolare
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urban
(ˈəːbən) adjective of, consisting of, or living in, a city or town. He dislikes urban life; urban traffic.
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urban
adj urbanoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.