Urban
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɜːb(ə)n//
- United States//ˈɜɹbən//
A male given name from Latin.
proper noun
- 1
A male given name from Latin.
- 2
A surname originating as a patronymic.
- 3
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.
- 4
Variant of Urban DictionaryinformalEllipsis of Urban Dictionary.
Or my Oxford English Dictionary (OED), do you think I can get Urban to mainstream it for me?
You have to go "Urban" to resolve this one......
If someone tweets or Gchats you a term you don’t understand, you can just fire up Urban to find the definition.
Etymology
Latin Urbānus, name of eight early popes, from urbānus (“of the town or city, urbane”). Doublet of Orban.
Forms
- plural
- Urbans
upwards · Towards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground.uranium · The element with atomic number 92 and symbol U. A radioactive…urban · Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located…
Urban · A male given name from Latin.
urge · A strong desire to do something.urgency · The quality or condition of being urgent.urgent · Requiring immediate attention.