Translation
small town, little town
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Word origin
The diminutive of urbo, from Latin urbs, stem urb-, the city. English urban and suburb carry the same stem, a suburb being what lies under or below the city.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- urbs
- English cognates
- urban, suburb
Examples
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We live in a quiet little town by the sea.
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The little town has only one school.
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In a town like that everybody knows everybody.
Another genuine -- build: - plus --, a small town. It sits precisely in the gap English fills awkwardly with town versus city, and it is not the same as . A is a village, too small for its own shops; an has a high street and a school and simply is not a . If you need to go the other way, o is the sprawling metropolis.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 18, lesson 2: urbeto, violono, rivereto and 7 more words.