urban

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɜː.bən/
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• General-American: /ˈɝ.bən/
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• Australian: /ˈɜː.bən/
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• New-Zealand: /øˈː.bən/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)bən
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɜːb(ə)n/
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• General-American: /ˈɜɹbən/
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• CMU ARPABET: ER1 B AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French urbain (“belonging to a city, urban; courteous, refined, urbane”) (modern French urbain), or from its etymon Latin urbānus (“of or belonging to a city, urban; of manners or style: like those of city dwellers: cultivated, polished, refined, sophisticated”) + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Urbānus is derived from urbs (“city; walled town; Rome”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gherdh- (“to encircle, enclose; a belt; an enclosure, fence”) or *werbh- (“to enclose”)) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). For the euphemistic or proscribed term, it was coined by New York radio DJ Frankie Crocker in the early to mid-1970s as a synonym for Black music.

Latin Urbānus, name of eight early popes, from urbānus (“of the town or city, urbane”). Doublet of Orban.

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَضَرِيّ (ḥaḍariyy) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Arabic: مَدَنِيّ (madaniyy) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Armenian: քաղաքային (kʻaġakʻayin) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Basque: hiriko — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Belarusian: гарадскі́ (haradskí) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Belarusian: ме́скі (mjéski) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Bulgarian: гра́дски (grádski) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Burmese: မြို့ပြ (mrui.pra.) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Catalan: urbà — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Chinese Mandarin: 城市的 (chéngshì de) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Chinese Mandarin: 都市的 (dūshì de) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Czech: městský — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Danish: bymæssig — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Dutch: stedelijk — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Dutch: urbaan — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Dutch: stads- — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Esperanto: urba — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Finnish: urbaani — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• French: urbain — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• French: citadin — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Galician: urbano — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• German: städtisch — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• German: urban — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• German: Stadt- — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Greek: αστικός (astikós) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Hebrew: עירוני (ironí) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Hindi: नगरीय (nagrīya) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Hungarian: városi — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Irish: uirbeach — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Italian: urbano — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Japanese: 都市の (toshi no) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Kashubian: miesczi — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Korean: 도시의 (dosiui) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Central Kurdish: شارستانی (şaristanî) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Kyrgyz: шаардык (şaardık) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Latin: urbānus — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Macedonian: градски (gradski) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Manx: ard-valjagh — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Norwegian: urban — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Norwegian Bokmål: bymessig — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Persian: شهری (šahri) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Polish: miejski — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Portuguese: urbano — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Punjabi: ਨਾਗਰਿਕ (nāgrik) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Punjabi: ਸ਼ਹਿਰੀ (śahirī) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Romanian: urban — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Russian: городско́й (gorodskój) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Serbo-Croatian: гра̀дскӣ — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Serbo-Croatian: gràdskī — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Slovak: mestský — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Slovene: mesten — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Spanish: urbano — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Swedish: stads- — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Swedish: urban — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Tagalog: panlungsod — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Tagalog: panlunsod — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Tagalog: lunsurin — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Tajik: шаҳрӣ (šahri) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Telugu: నగర (nagara) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Turkish: kentsel — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Ukrainian: міськи́й (misʹkýj) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Vietnamese: thành phố — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Vietnamese: đô thị — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Vietnamese: thành thị — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Welsh: trefol — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Yiddish: שטאָטיש (shtotish) — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place
• Azerbaijani: şəhərli — living in a city or town
• Armenian: Ուրբանոս — male given name
• Asturian: Urbanu — male given name
• Bulgarian: Урбан — male given name
• Catalan: Urbà — male given name
• Czech: Urban — male given name
• Dutch: Urbaan — male given name
• Faroese: Urbanus — male given name
• Finnish: Urpo — male given name
• French: Urbain — male given name
• Galician: Urbano — male given name
• German: Urban — male given name
• Greek: Ουρβανός (Ourvanós) — male given name
• Ancient Greek: Οὐρβανός (Ourbanós) — male given name
• Hungarian: Orbán — male given name
• Italian: Urbano — male given name
• Latin: Urbanus — male given name
• Lithuanian: Urbonas — male given name
• Polish: Urban — male given name
• Portuguese: Urbano — male given name
• Romanian: Urban — male given name
• Russian: Урбан — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Урбан — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Urban — male given name
• Sicilian: Urbanu — male given name
• Slovak: Urban — male given name
• Slovene: Urbàn — male given name
• Spanish: Urbano — male given name
• Swedish: Urban — male given name
• Ukrainian: Урбан — male given name
• Venetan: Urban — male given name
• Vietnamese: Urbanô — male given name
• Vietnamese: Ước Bang — male given name