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urban Definition


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urban
adj
    1. Relating or belonging to, constituting, or characteristic of a city or town.
      Example: the urban landscape
      Thesaurus: metropolitan, city, town, municipal, civic, inner-city; Antonym: country, rural, rustic.
    2. Living in a city or town. Compare rural.
      Example: an urban fox
Etymology: 17c: from Latin urbanus, from urbs city.



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