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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area; "urban sociology"; "urban development"
2: located in or characteristic of a city or city life; "urban property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners" [ant: rural]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin urbanus, from urbs city Date: 1619 of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city

Merriam Webster's

biographical name name of 8 popes: especially II ( Odo of Lagery) circa 1035-1099 (pope 1088-99)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. of, living in, or situated in a town or city (an urban population) (opp. RURAL). Phrases and idioms: urban district Brit. hist. a group of urban communities governed by an elected council. urban guerrilla a terrorist operating in an urban area. urban renewal slum clearance and redevelopment in a city or town. urban sprawl the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas. Etymology: L urbanus f. urbs urbis city

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Urban Ur"ban, a. [L. urbanus belonging to the ?ity or town, refined, polished, fr. urbs, urbis, a city: cf. F. urbain. Cf. Urbane.] 1. Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population. 2. Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners. Urban servitude. See Predial servitude, under Servitude.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Urban means belonging to, or relating to, a town or city. Most of the population is an urban population... Most urban areas are close to a park. ...urban planning. ? rural ADJ: usu ADJ n