English
Noun
urban legend (plural urban legends)
- A widely circulated story that is untrue or apocryphal, often having elements of humour or horror.
- The claim that alligators live in New York City's sewers is an old urban legend.
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Translations
apocryphal story
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 傳聞／传闻 (zh) (chuánwén), 传闻 (zh) (chuánwén), 都市傳說／都市传说 (dūshì chuánshuō), 都市传说 (dūshì chuánshuō)
- Danish: vandrehistorie c
- Dutch: broodjeaapverhaal (nl) n, broodje aap n, stadslegende f
- Finnish: urbaanilegenda (fi), kaupunkilegenda (fi), kaupunkitarina (fi)
- French: légende urbaine (fr) f
- Galician: lenda urbana f
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- German: moderne Legende f, Großstadtlegende f
- Hungarian: városi legenda
- Japanese: 都市伝説 (ja) (としでんせつ, toshi densetsu)
- Kazakh: қала аңызы (qala añyzy)
- Portuguese: lenda urbana f
- Russian: городска́я леге́нда f (gorodskája legénda)
- Spanish: leyenda urbana f
- Swedish: vandringssägen c, klintbergare (sv) c
- Turkish: şehir efsanesi
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