URBAN Definition & Meaning

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urban

[ ur-buhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

of, relating to, or designating a city or town:
densely populated urban areas.
living, located, or taking place in a city:
urban rooftop gardening.
characteristic of or accustomed to cities; citified:
He’s an urban type—I can’t picture him enjoying a whole week at our cabin in the woods.
of or relating to the experience, lifestyle, or culture of African Americans living in economically depressed inner-city neighborhoods:
Their first album had a hard, urban vibe.
Offensive. (used as a euphemism for Black or African American, rather than in reference to cities or their residents):
a drug problem that particularly impacts the urban residents in this small town.

urban

/ ˈɜː��ə�� /

of, relating to, or constituting a city or town
living in a city or town
(of music) emerging and developing in densely populated areas of large cities, esp those populated by people of African or Caribbean origin Compare rural

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Origin of urban¹

First recorded in 1610–20; from Latin �ܰ��Գܲ�, equivalent to urb- (stem of urbs ) “city” + -��Գܲ� adjective suffix; -an

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Origin of urban¹

C17: from Latin �ܰ��Գܲ�, from urbs city

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This type of redevelopment was first approved and entitled in 2013 for the entire Warner Center area and proposed a dense urban environment.

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The aim of the federal grants was to recruit and train teachers to work in “hard to staff” schools in rural or urban areas.

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Wildfires are increasingly touching more diverse communities as fires grow in intensity and extend into urban areas, according to researchers.

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"But the one thing we agree on is that our core enemy is the urban monoculture; the leftist unifying culture."

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The battered heart of Khartoum lies eerily quiet now, after weeks of intense urban combat in the Sudanese capital.

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