adj.
  - relating to a town or city.
 - 
(also urban contemporary)
 denoting popular dance music of black origin. 
▸denoting popular black culture:
 urban comedy.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    - urbanism n.
  - urbanist n.
  - urbanization
 or urbanisation n.  - urbanize
 or urbanise v. 
   
  Etymology
  C17: from L. urbanus, from urbs, urb- ‘city’.