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, especially when contrasted with the countryside.
Adjective 3 meanings
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, especially when contrasted with the countryside.
“urban traffic”
Living in a city or town.
Having authority or jurisdiction over a city or town.
Etymology
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).
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URBAN at a glance
URBAN has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (U 1 + R 1 + B 3 + A 1 + N 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,220 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with urban
All rhymes- SUBURBAN12
- TURBAN8
- INTERURBAN12
- KANBAN12
- UNBAN7
- CORBAN10
- EXURBAN16
- KOBAN11
- GOBAN8
- AMBAN9
- AMEBAN10
- AMOEBAN11
One letter away
- UNBAN7
- URMAN7
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