Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area;
- Example: "urban sociology"- Example: "urban development"2.
located in or characteristic of a city or city life;
- Example: "urban property owners"- Example: "urban affairs"- Example: "urban manners"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Urban \Ur"ban\, a. [L. urbanus belonging to the ?ity or town,
refined, polished, fr. urbs, urbis, a city: cf. F. urbain.
Cf. Urbane.]
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1. Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban
population.
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2. Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city;
cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners.
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Urban servitude. See Predial servitude, under
Servitude.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
urban
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]