urban - Definition of urban adjective from Cambridge Dictionary Online: Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus

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Definition

/ˈɜː.bən/

/ˈɝː-/ adj [before noun]

of or in a city or town

urban development

urban decay

Compare: rural

(Definition of urban adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

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urban adjective is in the topic Towns, cities and villages (general).

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