urb

[ urb ]
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nounInformal.
  1. an urban area.

Origin of urb

1
First recorded in 1965–70; back formation from suburb

Words Nearby urb

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How to use urb in a sentence

  • urb sat crouched near the foot of a lofty escarpment that contained the tribal caves.

    Warrior of the Dawn | Howard Carleton Browne
  • The half-finished spear head reminded urb of his own immediate problem.

    Warrior of the Dawn | Howard Carleton Browne
  • urb roused them, then, and once more the savage band took up their march.

    Warrior of the Dawn | Howard Carleton Browne
  • urb sniffed in short rapid inhalations, his unkempt visage twisted in a ferocious scowl.

    Warrior of the Dawn | Howard Carleton Browne
  • Sabns subgit14; monts trs, Quirnlem, Vminlem, squilnum20 urb adinxit; fosss15 circ mrum dxit.

    Selections from Viri Romae | Charles Franois L'Homond