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Urban vs Unban - What's the difference?

urban | unban |

As an adjective urban

is related to the (or any) city.

As a proper noun Urban

is a given name derived from Latin.

As a verb unban is

to lift a ban against.

urban

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Related to the (or any) city.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-10
    • , author=Audrey Garric , title=Urban canopies let nature bloom , volume=188, issue=22, page=30 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field. In Paris 22 hectares of roof have been planted, out of a potential total of 80 hectares.}}
  • Characteristic of city life.

    • Antonyms

    * nonurban * rural * bucolic

    Derived terms

    * urban crawl * urban culture * urban fabric * urban legend * urbane * urbanism * urbanite * urbanity * urbanize, urbanise * urbanization, urbanisation * urban renewal

    See also

    * Urbanus

    References

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    unban

    English

    Verb

    (unbann)
  • To lift a ban against.
  • * 2000 , Julian Kunnie, Is apartheid really dead?
    • De Klerk was not acting totally unilaterally and independently when he announced the decision to unban previously banned parties like the ANC...
  • * 2004 , Paul Mutton, IRC Hacks
    • ChanServ can unban you from your channel when someone has banned you...