Another word for urban
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Adjective
Of, in, or belonging to a city
- Of, relating to, or typical of a municipality.
- Having local self-government.
- Issued on the authority of a local or state government.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of a major city:
- Of or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns:
- Of, relating to, or constituting the home territory of an imperial or colonial state.
- A center of population, commerce, and culture; a town of significant size and importance.
- An incorporated municipality in the United States with definite boundaries and legal powers set forth in a charter granted by the state.
- A Canadian municipality of high rank, usually determined by population but varying by province.
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Another word for urban
Modifier
Concerning city government
- Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizens:
- Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state:
- Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical:
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of a major city:
- Of or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns:
- Of, relating to, or constituting the home territory of an imperial or colonial state.
- A center of population, commerce, and culture; a town of significant size and importance.
- An incorporated municipality in the United States with definite boundaries and legal powers set forth in a charter granted by the state.
- A Canadian municipality of high rank, usually determined by population but varying by province.
Concerning city living
- of a town; urban
- a person living in a town
- Of, relating to, or having residence:
- Of, suitable for, or limited to residences:
- A usually poor section of a city inhabited primarily by people of the same race, religion, or social background, often because of discrimination.
- An often walled quarter in a European city to which Jews were restricted beginning in the Middle Ages.
- Something that resembles the restriction or isolation of a city ghetto:
- Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizens:
- Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state:
- Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical:
- simple past tense and past participle of zone
- The lower part or the business center of a city or town.
- To, toward, or in the lower part or the business center of a city or town.
- Of, relating to, or located downtown.
- A heavily populated city at the core of a large metropolitan area.
- The usually older, central part of a city, especially when characterized by crowded neighborhoods in which low-income groups predominate.
- An inhabitant or a resident of a megalopolis.
- of, or relating to a megalopolis
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of a major city:
- Of or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns:
- Of, relating to, or constituting the home territory of an imperial or colonial state.
- Of, relating to, or typical of a municipality.
- Having local self-government.
- Issued on the authority of a local or state government.
- Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
- A center of population, commerce, and culture; a town of significant size and importance.
- An incorporated municipality in the United States with definite boundaries and legal powers set forth in a charter granted by the state.
- A Canadian municipality of high rank, usually determined by population but varying by province.
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