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adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or designating a city or town.
2.
living in a city.
3.
characteristic of or accustomed to cities; citified: He is an urban type.
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Urban
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Urban II
noun
(Odo or Otho), c1042–99, French ecclesiastic: pope 1088–99.
Urban III
noun
(Uberto Crivelli), Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1185–87.
Urban IV
noun
(Jacques Pantaléon), died 1264, French ecclesiastic: pope 1261–64.
Urban V
noun
(Guillaume de Grimoard), c1310–70, French ecclesiastic: pope 1362–70.
Urban VI
noun
(Bartolomeo Prignano), c1318–89, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1378–89.
Urban VII
noun
(Giovanni Battista Castagna), 1521–90, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1590.
Urban VIII
noun
(Maffeo Barberini), 1568–1644, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1623–44.
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| urban (ˈɜːbən) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of, relating to, or constituting a city or town |
| 2. | living in a city or town |
| 3. | Compare rural (of music) emerging and developing in densely populated areas of large cities, esp those populated by people of African or Caribbean origin |
| [C17: from Latin urbānus, from urbs city] | |
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| Main Entry: | urban |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | See urban contemporary |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
urban
"characteristic of city life," 1619 (but rare before 1830s), from L. urbanus "of or pertaining to a city or city life," as a noun, "city dweller," from urbs (gen. urbis) "city," of unknown origin. The word gradually emerged in this sense as urbane became restricted to manners
EXPANDand styles of expression. Urban renewal, euphemistic for "slum clearance," is recorded from 1955.
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