urban Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
    • urban sociology
    • urban development
  2. adjective located in or characteristic of a city or city life
    • urban property owners
    • urban affairs
    • urban manners

WordNet

Ur"ban adjective
Etymology
L. urbanus belonging to the ity or town, refined, polished, fr. urbs, urbis, a city: cf. F. urbain. Cf. Urbane.
Definitions
  1. Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.
  2. Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners.

Webster 1913