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A widely circulated story that is untrue or dubious, often having elements of humor or horror.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: urban myth
Antonyms: none provided
a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false; contains elements of humor or horror and is popularly believed to be true
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: report, news report, story, account, write up
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
քաղաքային լեգենդ
(kʻaġakʻayin legend)
— dubious story
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Azerbaijani:
şəhər əfsanəsi
— dubious story
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Basque:
hiri kondaira
— dubious story
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Bengali:
শহুরে কিংবদন্তি
(śohure kiṅbodonti)
— dubious story
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Bulgarian:
градска легенда
(gradska legenda)
— dubious story
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Catalan:
llegenda urbana
— dubious story
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Cebuano:
leyenda urbanon
— dubious story
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Chinese Mandarin:
傳聞 /传闻
(chuánwén)
— dubious story
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Chinese Mandarin:
都市傳說 /都市传说
(dūshì chuánshuō)
— dubious story
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Chinese Mandarin:
都會傳奇 /都会传奇
(dūhuì chuánqí)
— dubious story
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Czech:
městská legenda
— dubious story
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Danish:
vandrehistorie
— dubious story
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Dutch:
broodjeaapverhaal
— dubious story
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Dutch:
broodje aap
— dubious story
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Dutch:
stadslegende
— dubious story
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Estonian:
linnalegend
— dubious story
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Finnish:
urbaanilegenda
— dubious story
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Finnish:
kaupunkilegenda
— dubious story
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Finnish:
kaupunkitarina
— dubious story
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French:
légende urbaine
— dubious story
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Galician:
lenda urbana
— dubious story
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German:
moderne Legende
— dubious story
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German:
Großstadtlegende
— dubious story
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German:
moderne Sage
— dubious story
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Greek:
αστικός μύθος
(astikós mýthos)
— dubious story
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Hebrew:
אגדה אורבנית
— dubious story
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Hindi:
शहरी किंवदंती
(śahrī kimvdantī)
— dubious story
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Hungarian:
városi legenda
— dubious story
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Indonesian:
legenda urban
— dubious story
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Italian:
leggenda metropolitana
— dubious story
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Japanese:
都市伝説
(toshi densetsu)
— dubious story
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Kazakh:
қала аңызы
(qala añyzy)
— dubious story
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Korean:
도시전설
(dosijeonseol)
— dubious story
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Latvian:
mūsdienu teika
— dubious story
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Lithuanian:
šiuolaikinė sakmė
— dubious story
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Malay:
legenda bandar
— dubious story
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Malayalam:
അർബൻ ലെജന്റ്
(aṟbaṉ lejanṟŭ)
— dubious story
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Mongolian:
хотын домог
(xotyn domog)
— dubious story
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Norwegian:
vandrehistorie
— dubious story
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Persian:
افسانه محلی
— dubious story
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Polish:
legenda miejska
— dubious story
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Portuguese:
lenda urbana
— dubious story
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Punjabi:
ਸਮਕਾਲੀ ਮਿੱਥ
(samkālī mittha)
— dubious story
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Romanian:
legendă urbană
— dubious story
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Russian:
городска́я леге́нда
(gorodskája legénda)
— dubious story
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Serbo-Croatian:
urbana legenda
— dubious story
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Slovene:
urbana legenda
— dubious story
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Spanish:
leyenda urbana
— dubious story
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Swedish:
vandringssägen
— dubious story
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Swedish:
klintbergare
— dubious story
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Tagalog:
kuwentong-barbero
— dubious story
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Thai:
ตํานานพื้นบ้าน
— dubious story
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Turkish:
şehir efsanesi
— dubious story
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Ukrainian:
міська́ леге́нда
(misʹká lehénda)
— dubious story
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Vietnamese:
truyền thuyết đô thị
— dubious story
