urban
英検2級・大学受験都市の、都市の（⇔rural）
意味
- 都市(都会)の
- 都市に住む
例文
The urban-renewal project is now well under way.
都市再開発計画は現在着実に進行している。
More and more people are moving to urban areas.
ますます多くの人々が都会に移ってきている。
The inhabitants are proud of their urban culture.
住民達は彼らの都会的な文化に誇りを持っている。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Borrowed from Middle French urbain (“belonging to a city, urban; courteous, refined, urbane”) (modern French urbain), or from its etymon Latin urbānus (“of or belonging to a city, urban; of manners or style: like those of city dwellers: cultivated, polished, refined, sophisticated”) + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Urbānus is derived from urbs (“city; walled town; Rome”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; a belt; an enclosure, fence”) or *werbʰ- (“to enclose”)) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).