Relating to a city or town and the people who live there. It often contrasts with rural, which refers to the countryside.
From Latin 'urbānus' meaning 'of the city', from 'urbs' (city). It entered English in the 1600s.
Urban literally means 'city-ish', and the Latin 'urbs' gave us 'suburb' too—originally, an area 'under' or 'near' the city. So city, urban, and suburb are all part of the same family tree of words.
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