Definitions for URBAN
ˈɜr bənur·ban

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 3 votes

1. urbanadjective

   relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area

   "urban sociology"; "urban development"

2. urbanadjective

   located in or characteristic of a city or city life

   "urban property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. urbanadjective

   Related to the (or any) city.

2. urbanadjective

   Characteristic of city life.

3. Urbannoun

   A male given name from Latin

4. Urbannoun

   A patronymic surname.

5. Urbannoun

   An early Christian, also Urbane and Urbanus in various versions of the Bible.

   Grete wel Vrban, oure helpere in Crist Jhesus, and Stacchen, my derlyng.

6. Etymology: Latin Urbānus, name of eight early popes, from urbānus ("of the town or city, urbane").

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. urban

   Urban refers to anything that is characteristic of, related to, or situated in, a densely populated city or town. It typically includes aspects such as the physical infrastructure, architectural design, culture, lifestyle, social behavior, as well as economic and political systems of metropolitan areas.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Urbanadjective

   of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population

2. Urbanadjective

   belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Urban

   Urban was a Danish free daily newspaper owned by Det Berlingske Officin. It was launched on September 24, 2001, shortly after the competing free daily MetroXpress. Circulation in second half of 2008 was 196,752. It closed on January 12, 2012.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Urban

   ur′ban, adj. of or belonging to a city.—adj. Urbāne′, pertaining to, or influenced by, a city: civilised: refined: courteous.—adv. Urbāne′ly.—n. Urban′ity, the quality of being urbane: refinement: politeness.—Urbi et orbi='to the city and to the world,' a form used in the publication of papal bulls, for the purpose of signifying their formal promulgation to the entire Catholic world, as well as to the city of Rome. [L. urbanus—urbs, a city.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Urban

   the name of eight Popes: Urban I., Pope from 223 to 230; Urban II., Pope from 1088 to 1099, warm promoter of the first Crusade; Urban III., Pope from 1185 to 1187; Urban IV., Pope from 1261 to 1264; Urban V., Pope from 1362 to 1370, man of an ascetic temper; Urban VI., Pope from 1378 to 1389, in his reign the schism in the papacy began which lasted 40 years; Urban VII., Pope in 1590; and Urban VIII., Pope from 1623 to 1644, founded the College de Propaganda Fide.

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1. urban

   Song lyrics by urban -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by urban on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. URBAN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Urban is ranked #1790 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Urban surname appeared 20,058 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 7 would have the surname Urban.
   
   91.9% or 18,445 total occurrences were White.
   5.6% or 1,125 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.8% or 179 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 172 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 74 total occurrences were Black.
   0.3% or 62 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'URBAN' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1930

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'URBAN' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2358

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'URBAN' in Adjectives Frequency: #250

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for URBAN »

1. Buran

2. unbar

How to pronounce URBAN?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say URBAN in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of URBAN in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of URBAN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of URBAN in a Sentence

1. Sarah Stoesz:

   I would be honored to be a resource for anyone that needs it. someone reached out to me who owns a small plane, and Sarah Stoesz wants to organize a lot of Sarah Stoesz friends and others around the country who also have small planes and can land in rural parts of the country and can safely transport women to larger urban centers.

2. Crystal Wahpepah:

   When I was around 6 or 7 years old, I would go pick berries and I would actually see different berries but the kinds you wouldn't see when you're being raised in urban areas, that's when I put two and two together. We don't see our foods.

3. Aaswath Raman:

   Across the developing world, photonic radiative cooling makes off-grid cooling a possibility in rural regions, in addition to meeting skyrocketing demand for air conditioning in urban areas.

4. Kevin Hourican:

   We see big potential in drone delivery in rural communities where life-saving medications are needed and consumers at times cannot conveniently access one of our stores, cVS is exploring many types of delivery options for urban, suburban and rural markets.

5. Charlie Angus:

   Is this the exciting city of the future or an urban company town run by a data giant ? I think it's the latter, we are talking about wiring up urban spaces with a company whose business model is spying on everything we do.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=URBAN
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Urban
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/URBAN
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=URBAN
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=URBAN
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Urban
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=URBAN