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You can make 33 words from urban according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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Definitions and meaning of urban

urban

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; walled town; Rome”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; a belt; an enclosure, fence”) or *werbʰ- (“to enclose”)) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɜːb(ə)n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɜɹbən/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bən
• Hyphenation: urb‧an

Adjective

urban (comparative more urban, superlative most urban)

1. 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.

   urban life    urban traffic
2. Living in a city or town.
3. Having authority or jurisdiction over a city or town.
4. (US, proscribed, outdated) Relating to contemporary African American culture, especially in music.
5. (US, UK, euphemistic, offensive) (of inhabitants or residents) Black; African American.

Usage notes

• The word "urban" in a musical context came to be controversial and it was described as perpetuating and reinforcing the racial stereotyping of black communities, especially black musicians, and as a "catchall for music created by Black artists, regardless of genre", leading to the music industry's replacement of it with more appropriate terms.
• "Urban" as a descriptor of black inhabitants or residents is an offensive and stereotypical usage; see Dictionary.com's "Historical usage of urban" for the explanation.

Alternative forms

• urbane (obsolete)

Antonyms

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Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Urbanus

References

Further reading

• “urban”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• urban in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• “urban”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Braun, Buran, Rabun, aburn, buran, unabr., unbar

Esperanto

Adjective

urban

1. accusative singular of urba

German

Etymology

From Latin urbanus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊʁˈbaːn/, [ʊɐ̯ˈbaːn]
• Rhymes: -aːn

Adjective

urban (strong nominative masculine singular urbaner, comparative urbaner, superlative am urbansten)

1. urban

   Synonym: städtisch

Declension

Further reading

• “urban” in Duden online
• “urban” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin urbanus.

Adjective

urban (neuter singular urbant, definite singular and plural urbane)

1. urban
2. urbane

References

• “urban” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “urban” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin urbanus.

Adjective

urban (neuter singular urbant, definite singular and plural urbane)

1. urban
2. urbane

References

• “urban” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• ürban

Etymology

From Latin urbānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yrˈbaŋ/

Adjective

urban

1. urban

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French urbain, from Latin urbanus.

Adjective

urban m or n (feminine singular urbană, masculine plural urbani, feminine and neuter plural urbane)

1. urbane

Declension

Related terms

• urbanitate

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ûrbaːn/
• Hyphenation: ur‧ban

Adjective

ȕrbān (definite ȕrbānī, Cyrillic spelling у̏рба̄н)

1. urban

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin urbānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /urbáːn/

Adjective

urbȃn (not comparable)

1. urban

Inflection

Synonyms

• mésten

Further reading

• “urban”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran