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Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to: *
Urban area An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas originate through urbanization, and researchers categorize them as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs. In urbani ...
, geographical area distinct from rural areas *
Urban culture Urban culture is the culture of towns and cities. The defining theme is the presence of a large population in a limited space that follows social norms. This makes it possible for many subcultures close to each other, exposed to social influence ...
, the culture of towns and cities Urban may also refer to:


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Urban (name) Urban as a given name or surname may refer to: Given name * Pope Urban (disambiguation) * Urban of Langres, 4th-century French saint and bishop * Urban (bishop of Llandaff) (1076–1134), Welsh bishop * Urban of Macedonia, 1st-century bishop, marty ...
, a list of people with the given name or surname * ''Urban'' (newspaper), a Danish free daily newspaper *
Urban contemporary music Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format. The term was coined by New York radio DJ Frankie Crocker in the early to mid-1970s as a synonym for Black music. Urban contemporary ...
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Urban Dictionary ''Urban Dictionary'' is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in 1999 by Aaron Peckham. Originally, ''Urban Dictionary'' was intended as a dictionary of slang or cultural word ...
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Urban Outfitters Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) is a multinational lifestyle retail corporation headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Operating in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, select Western European countries, Poland, the United Arab Em ...
, an American multinational lifestyle retail corporation *
Urban Records Urban Records is a German record label subsidiary of Universal Music Group. The label was founded in 1993 by Sascha Basler as a sub-label of Polydor Germany. In 1994, Urban became a sub-label of Motor Music and in 1995 Urban was Germany's most suc ...
, a German record label owned by Universal Music Group


Place names in the United States

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Urban, South Dakota Urban is a ghost town in Custer County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of ...
, a ghost town * Urban, Washington, an unincorporated community


See also

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New Urbanism New Urbanism is an urban design movement that promotes environmentally friendly habits by creating Walkability, walkable neighbourhoods containing a wide range of housing and job types. It arose in the United States in the early 1980s, and has ...
, urban design movement promoting sustainable land use *
Pope Urban (disambiguation) Pope Urban may refer to one of several popes of the Catholic denomination: * Pope Urban I (saint; 222–230) * Pope Urban II (blessed; 1088–1099) * Pope Urban III (1185–1187) * Pope Urban IV (1261–1264) * Pope Urban V (blessed; 1362–1370) * ...
, the name of several popes of the Catholic Church *
Urban cluster (disambiguation) Urban cluster may refer to: * Urban cluster (UC) in the US census. See List of United States urban areas This is a list of urban areas in the United States as defined by the United States Census Bureau, ordered according to their 2020 United S ...
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Urban forest inequity Urban forest inequity, also known as shade inequity or tree canopy inequity, is the inequitable distribution of trees, with their associated benefits, across metropolitan areas. This phenomenon has a number of follow-on effects, including but not li ...
, inequitable distribution of trees, with their associated benefits, across metropolitan areas *
Urban forestry Urban forestry is the care and management of single trees and tree populations in Urban area, urban settings for the purpose of improving the urban environment. Urban forestry involves both planning and management, including the programming of ...
, land use management system in which trees or shrubs are cared or protected for well-being * Urban reforestation, planting of trees in urban environments * * {{disambiguation, geo