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urban

12 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. urban (adjective)
  2. Urban (biographical name)
  3. urban district (noun)
  4. urban legend (noun)
  5. urban quaestor (noun)
  6. urban renewal (noun)
  7. urban revolution (noun)
  8. urban servitude (noun)
  9. urban society (noun)
  10. urban sociology (noun)
  11. urban sprawl (noun)
  12. peri-urban (adjective)

ur·ban

adj \ˈər-bən\

Definition of URBAN

: of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city
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Origin of URBAN

Latin urbanus, from urbs city
First Known Use: 1619

Rhymes with URBAN

Durban, rurban, turban, turbine, Urban

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