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Urban City Adjective People Live Town ɜːrbən Ajd.都市的

Front urban
Pron ['ɜːrbən]
Back 【urban】
ajd.都市的
The urban population of Taiwan has greatly increased during the last ten years.
近十年来,台湾的都市人口已大幅度地增加。
Vocab
urbanrelating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area

Use the adjective urban to refer to cities or people who live in cities. It carries a suggestion of grittiness––urban style involves darker colors.

The terms city and town are sometimes used inconsistently. If it is large enough, a town is considered to be an urban area. Communities where people live outside cities are called suburban. Urban is from a Latin adjective formed from urbs "city."

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suburbanise
suburbanite
suburbanize
suburbanised
suburbanized
suburban
urban
urbanise
urbanize
urbanisation
urbanised
urbanization
urbanized

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