Urban
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Latin Urbānus, name of eight early popes, from urbānus (“of the town or city, urbane”). Doublet of Orban.
=== Proper noun ===
Urban (countable and uncountable, plural Urbans)
(uncommon) A male given name from Latin.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
(biblical) An early Christian, also Urbane and Urbanus in various versions of the Bible.
1380s, Wycliffe translation of the Bible, Romans 16:9:
Grete wel Vrban, oure helpere in Crist Jhesus, and Stacchen, my derlyng.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Translations ====
=== Anagrams ===
Braun, Buran, Rabun, aburn, buran, unabr., unbar
== Czech ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈurban]
=== Proper noun ===
Urban m anim (female equivalent Urbanová)
a male surname
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“Urban”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
== Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin Urbānus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈur.ban/
Rhymes: -urban
Syllabification: Ur‧ban
=== Proper noun ===
Urban m pers
a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Urban
a male surname
==== Declension ====
=== Proper noun ===
Urban f (indeclinable)
a female surname
=== Further reading ===
Urban in Polish dictionaries at PWN
“Urban”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Polish Urban.
=== Proper noun ===
Urban m (genitive/dative lui Urban)
a surname from Polish
=== References ===
Iordan, Iorgu (1983), Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names][1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică
== Slovak ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈurban]
=== Proper noun ===
Urban m pers
a male given name
==== Declension ====
=== Proper noun ===
Urban m pers (female equivalent Urbanová)
a male surname transferred from the given name
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“Urban”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
== Slovene ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /urbán/, /urbáːn/
=== Proper noun ===
Urbȁn or Urbȃn m anim
a male given name, equivalent to English Urban
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“Urban”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026
== Swedish ==
=== Proper noun ===
Urban c (genitive Urbans)
a male given name, which peaked in popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. Cognate to Urban
=== Anagrams ===
bruna