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urban definition

ur·ban (ʉr′bən)

adjective

  1. of, in, constituting, or comprising a city or town
  2. characteristic of the city as distinguished from the country; citified
  3. ☆ in U.S. census use, designating or of an incorporated or unincorporated place with at least 50,000 inhabitants

Etymology: L urbanus < urbs, city

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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