Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- living in a city.
- characteristic of or accustomed to cities; citified: He is an urban type.
noun
- Saint, pope a.d. 222–230.
noun
- OdoorOtho, c1042–99, French ecclesiastic: pope 1088–99.
noun
- Uberto Crivelli, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1185–87.
noun
- Jacques Pantaléon, died 1264, French ecclesiastic: pope 1261–64.
noun
- Guillaume de Grimoard, c1310–70, French ecclesiastic: pope 1362–70.
noun
- Bartolomeo Prignano, c1318–89, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1378–89.
noun
- Giovanni Battista Castagna, 1521–90, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1590.
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- Maffeo Barberini, 1568–1644, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1623–44.
adjective
- of, relating to, or constituting a city or town
- living in a city or town
- (of music) emerging and developing in densely populated areas of large cities, esp those populated by people of African or Caribbean originCompare rural
noun
- original name Odo or Udo. ?1042–99, French ecclesiastic; pope (1088–99). He inaugurated the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont (1095)
noun
- original name Bartolomeo Prignano ?1318–89, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1378–89). His policies led to the election of an antipope by the French cardinals, thus beginning the Great Schism in the West
noun
- original name Maffeo Barberini. 1568–1644, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1623–44) during the Thirty Years’ War, in which he supported Richelieu against the Hapsburgs
“characteristic of city life,” 1610s (but rare before 1830s), from Latin urbanus “of or pertaining to a city or city life,” as a noun, “city dweller,” from urbs (genitive urbis) “city,” of unknown origin. The word gradually emerged in this sense as urbane became restricted to manners and styles of expression. In late 20c. American English gradually acquiring a suggestion of “African-American.” Urban renewal, euphemistic for “slum clearance,” is attested from 1955, American English. Urban sprawl recorded by 1958. Urban legend attested by 1980.