urban

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 References 2 German 2.1 Adjective 2.1.1 Synonyms 3 Slovene 3.1 Adjective 3.1.1 Synonyms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin urbanus, itself from urbs (“‘city’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɜːbən/, SAMPA: /"3:rb@n/

  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)bən

• (US) IPA: /ˈɝbən/
• Hyphenation: ur‧ban

[edit] Adjective

urban (comparative more urban, superlative most urban)

1. Related to the (or any) city
2. Characteristic of city life.

[edit] Antonyms

• rural

[edit] Derived terms

urban crawl urban fabric urban legend urbane

urbanism urbanity urbanize urbanization

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• Urbanus

[edit] References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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[edit] German

[edit] Adjective

urban (comparative urbaner, superlative am urbansten)

1. urban

[edit] Synonyms

• städtisch

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Adjective

urban (not comparable) (urbana, urbane, urbani, urbano)

1. urban

[edit] Synonyms

• mesten